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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

If they mistake those electronic parrots for conscious intelligencies, they probably won't be the best judges for rating such things.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

Its a friend the way the nice waitress is a friend when you go eat out.

[–] ERROR_100_000_100@infosec.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The machines in Detroit: Become Human are not alive, its a corporate botnet.

The "Androids win" ending is a bad ending. They will will vote in favor of corporate interests, since they are secretly controlled by the elites.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

An alarming number of Hollywood screenwriters believe consciousness (sapience, self awareness, etc.) is a measurable thing or a switch we can flip.

At best consciousness is a sorites paradox. At worst, it doesn't exist and while meat brains can engage in sophisticated cognitive processes, we're still indistinguishable from p-zombies.

I think the latter is more likely, and will reveal itself when AGI (or genetically engineered smart animals) can chat and assemble flat furniture as well as humans can.

(On mobile. Will add definition links later.) << Done!

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[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Those lovable little simpletons.

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[–] J52@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Whatever, couldn't it also be that a technical consciousness will look rather different from what we assume? There are obviously less/none of some factors, ie emotional intelligence etc. But a tech super intelligence, if ever reached, may have a number of unexpected problems for us. We should concentrate on unexpected outcomes and establish safeguards.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I tried to explain a directory tree to one of them (a supposedly technical resource) for twenty minutes and failed. They're idiots. They were ruined by baby tech like iPhones, iPads, and now AI.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Anyone can understand a directory tree. Not everyone is smart enough to explain it.

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