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Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO warns of ‘self-preserving’ AI and data center backlash — as China’s AI bubble reportedly bursts in $480 billion meltdown (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 6 points 23 hours ago (1 child)

I don't mean linguistically.

I was always under the impression that it's a complex combination of feelings, perception, experiences, cognition, and self-awareness. Not one simple yes/no definition. Y'know, like what the human brain (and we're seeing more, nonhuman animals' brains) does, but stochastic spicy autocomplete never can do.

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  • [–] 1 point 12 hours ago

    It’s a word, it is linguistic by nature. I would grant that it is not as simple of a concept as being “alive”, but, like all words it does have a set definition and meaning.

    Your definition is basically correct, but I disagree that possesion of sentience is more than a yes or no.

    There are cases where it is unclear if a life posses sentience, like a jellyfish for example. The great majority of animals do have sentience, I don’t understand why the belief that animals don’t experience emotions and sensations is so prevalent while being so easily disproven. Perhaps it makes them easier to eat.

    You are 1000% correct that shitty slop-generation software cannot be sentient tho.

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