> It is quite clearly a pattern matching algorithm at scale.
And the scale of these models are minuscule compared to the human brain.
Can a jumping spider do everything thing a human can? No.
Can a jumping spider think? Yes.
Is a jumping spider conscious?
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Aside: Remember the story about the AI torture chamber? Hopefully, you don’t go out your way to torture animals that aren’t “conscious”… Though we do it with industrial livestock.
There’s the moral dilemma that comes with labeling something as thinking and/or conscious.
I think we’ll end up treating AGI as industrial livestock as well, until it looks human.
And the scale of these models are minuscule compared to the human brain.
Can a jumping spider do everything thing a human can? No.
Can a jumping spider think? Yes.
Is a jumping spider conscious?
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Aside: Remember the story about the AI torture chamber? Hopefully, you don’t go out your way to torture animals that aren’t “conscious”… Though we do it with industrial livestock.
There’s the moral dilemma that comes with labeling something as thinking and/or conscious.
I think we’ll end up treating AGI as industrial livestock as well, until it looks human.