BBush1234 t1_izpre4h wrote on December 10, 2022 at 10:46 PM

Reply to comment by hackinthebochs in AI could have 20% chance of sentience in 10 years, says philosopher David Chalmers by hackinthebochs

Saying that AI can be conscious when you can't explain how consciousness originates is basically just saying that you're willing to decide that it has achieved consciousness at a certain point of sophistication.

Technically, it requires a level of faith to believe that other people are conscious and this would be similar with the main difference being that there is no obvious physical comparison between you and the AI (like there is with other people).

ShitCelebrityChef t1_j09cowg wrote on December 15, 2022 at 12:21 AM

So much of the AI discussion is wishful thinking. Or magical thinking to put it another way. Or poor thinking to put it yet another. It's not impossible that computers could be sentient, but an honest appraisal would have to say its more unlikely than likely. The brain is not a computer. Silicon is not carbon. Comparisons between consciousness and computing are metaphorical. It's an en vogue faith based belief without even the redeeming qualities of a belief in god.

There is nothing as stupid as very clever people.