Recent comments in /f/singularity

MultiverseOfSanity OP t1_j9k8852 wrote

Occam's Razor. There's no reason to think I'm different from any other human, so it's reasonable to conclude they're just as sentient. But there's a ton of differences between myself and a computer.

And if we go by what the computer says it feels, well, then conscious feeling AI is already here. Because we have multiple AI, such as Bing, Character AI, and Chai, that all claim to have feelings and can display emotional intelligence. So either this is the bar and we've met it, or the bar needs to be raised. But if the bar needs to be raised, then where does it need to be raised to? What's the metric?

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MultiverseOfSanity OP t1_j9k7cnt wrote

Well, it would also depend on the suffering of a sentient being of your creation. You create this consciousness from scratch and invest a lot of money into it. It's not like a child, which is brought about by biological processes. AI is designed from the ground up for a particular purpose.

Also these beings aren't irreplaceable like biological beings. You can always just make more.

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External-Explorer330 t1_j9k6wja wrote

This is interesting. I think people are rightfully upset because these administrators’ specific roles are to support the student community. The aftermath of the shooting would be a time where their duties are of the utmost significant. The problem isn’t that they used AI—they could have used a template from a previous tragedy themselves (that’s basically what ChatGPT did)—the problem is that they did not reflect on the incident themselves and craft a genuine message that specifically pertained to the school and the students. Instead, they essentially did a “copy-pasta” which is insincere and beneath their roles. It probably would have been better if they sent a delayed message. It is acceptable to use a template/AI in many other cases such as a mass email about a fire-drill testing or club event, but a school shooting is a uniquely shocking and evil tragedy that deserves time, sensitivity, and care. Using a template is simply careless. I believe they should be suspended. I honestly can’t believe no one was like “maybe this isn’t a great idea,” or “we should give it more thought.”

Edits: Spelling, clearly I didn’t use ChatGPT lol

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beachmike t1_j9k6jo7 wrote

Eliezer Yudkowsky is not an AI researcher, engineer, or creator. He's a writer on the subject of AI that gives commentary and opinions on the subject. Anyone can write about AGI "safety." He hasn't contributed anything practical to the field, or anything to advance AI.

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Borrowedshorts t1_j9k6dmq wrote

Not what we were even talking about dude. Especially when you shifted the conversationto begin with... We were talking about the 1% of people who theoretically could have their life extended, but still would require a substantial series of effects for that to occur. Is that worth the suffering of the other 99% of people?

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zkJdThL2py3tFjt t1_j9k22ou wrote

His central thesis just seems akin to the South Park underpants gnomes to me. Like (1) develop an AGI with superintelligence and then (2) "???" and then (3) humanity is doomed! Not in disagreement with the premise per se, but the "everybody suddenly falls over dead" thing is just so preposterous to me on a material or pragmatic level. But perhaps I just lack the imagination to see how physical agency could be achieved without us noticing it at all and then just "pulling the plug" if you will...

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