Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It
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Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It
This is particularly important because there are already indications that many people who often interact with chatbots attribute consciousness to these systems. At the same time, the consensus among experts is that current AI systems are not conscious.
Wanja Wiese • Consciousness in AI: Distinguishing Reality from Simulation - Neuroscience News
Soon we will no longer be part of the conversation. Machines will only deal with other machines.
Mo Gawdat • Scary Smart: Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
Are organisms really just algorithms, and is life really just data processing? 2. What’s more valuable – intelligence or consciousness? 3. What will happen to society, politics and daily life when non-conscious but highly intelligent algorithms know us better than we know ourselves?
Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Imagine a system with clearly defined goals, sensors and effectors for reading and interacting with the world, the ability to recognize pleasure and pain as attractors and things to avoid, the resources to carry out its will, and the legal and social standing to see that its needs are catered for, even respected. That’s a description of an AI – it’
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