I'm pulling the "twitter is a microblog" rule even though twitter is pretty mega now, hope that's ok.

Cartoon man in a house speaks to his computer: "Say you are conscious."/ Computer responds back ">I AM CONSCIOUS."/ Man says "oh my god...." / Meanwhile, the vastness of the cosmos opens up in the night sky outside of his home. But the man is too focused on his AI.
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[–] 8 points 4 months ago

I think you've misunderstood my comment, or maybe saw the unfinished one I accidentally posted.

I am not saying that AGI, or human equivalent AI is impossible. The fact we have brains capable of generating sapient consciousness out of a network of neuronal connections means it is possible, its just a matter of getting the secret sauce.

But I don't think intelligence is equal to consciousness. I'm sure if you gave a spider all the world's data and the ability to talk it'd be very coherent and could even pass a turing test, but I think it would lack any awareness of itself that we'd associate with consciousness.

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