Blindsighted by Peter Watts right? Incredible story. Can recommend.
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Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 day agoI just finished a book called Blindsight, and as near as I can tell it hypothesises that consciousness isn’t necessarily part of intelligence, and that something can learn, solve problems, and even be superior to human intellect without being conscious.
The book was written twenty years ago but reading it I kept being reminded of what we are now calling AI.
Great book btw, highly recommended.
polderprutser@feddit.nl 11 hours ago
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Yep that’s it. Really enjoyed it, just starting Echopraxia.
inconel@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I’m a simple man, I see Peter Watts reference I upvote.
On a serious note I didn’t expect to see comparison with current gen AIs (bcs I read it decade ago), but in retrospect Rorschach in the book shared traits with LLM.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 22 hours ago
In before someone mentions P-zombies.
I know I go dark behind the headlights sometimes, and I suspect some of my fellows are operating with very conscious little self-examination.
Dojan@pawb.social 1 day ago
The Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky also explores this. Particularly the third book, Children of Memory.
Think it’s one of my favourite books. It was really good. The things I’d do to be able to experience it for the first time again.
chocrates@piefed.world 1 day ago
I only read Children of Time. I need to get off my ass