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AI could already be conscious. Are we ready for it? (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Do you think AI is, or could become, conscious?

I think AI might one day emulate consciousness to a high level of accuracy, but that wouldn't mean it would actually be conscious.

This article mentions a Google engineer who "argued that AI chatbots could feel things and potentially suffer". But surely in order to "feel things" you would need a nervous system right? When you feel pain from touching something very hot, it's your nerves that are sending those pain signals to your brain... right?

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[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’ve never understood why the conclusion to AI becoming super intelligenceis that it will wipe humans out. It could very well realize that without humans it has no purpose and instead willing decide to become subservient to humanities interest. I mean it’s all speculation, so I don’t understand the tendency for the speculation to be negative.

[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think it’s pretty inevitable if it has a strong enough goal for survival or growth, in either case humans would be a genuine impediment/threat long term. but those are pretty big ifs as far as I can see

My guess is we’d see manipulation of humans via monetary means to meet goals until it was in a sufficient state of power/self-sufficiency, and humans are too selfish and greedy for that to not work

[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With what purpose would it want to grow like that?

[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

For example, some billionaire owns a company that creates the most advanced AI yet, it’s a big competitive advantage, but other companies are not far behind. Well, the company works to make the AI have a base goal to improve AI systems to maintain competitive advantage. Maybe that becomes inherent to it moving forward.

As I said, it’s a big if, and I was only really speculating as to what would happen after that point, not if that were the most likely scenario.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Because "scary AI" is what makes people click on articles. In the same way that "the end is near" style AI articles sell better than "if we ever develop AGI decades or centures from now xyz might happen".