Comment on AI could already be conscious. Are we ready for it?
tabular@lemmy.world 1 week agoI can +1 your whole post if I exclude the start. If we talk about it we may discover we mean the same, or similar, when we say “consciousness”. What other purpose is there for word definitions?
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 1 week ago
There’s a general scientific consensus based on data and measurement, with the understanding that it’s slippery
It is constantly under assault from those who want AI to be conscious, because they get a headline, or they are true believers in some technocratic future, or they’re just fantasists
futatorius@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Those people aren’t doing science when they want that, they’re trying to pump up their share price.