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iNstein t1_j9n6hzb wrote

We are the smartest creatures on this planet atm. That means that we decide and control everything that happens here. That is about to change and so we will lose our decision making and control. A smarter creature will decide what happens to us and we have no idea what it has in store for us. We can only hope that it is kind and loving towards us.

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gaudiocomplex t1_j9nckqr wrote

The thing is, given what we know, there are no indications yet that it would see us as benign. If anything, it would see us as a credible threat to its autonomy and want to rid itself of us. That's the more likely scenario, if we don't get alignment right the first time.

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NoidoDev t1_j9nxwll wrote

>That is about to change and so we will lose our decision making and control. A smarter creature will decide what happens to us

There's no reason to make this conclusion.

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ImageTall5631 t1_j9njpju wrote

>That is about to change

No it isn't. What we currently call "AI" is incredibly limited. There will be no exponential growth. We have produced novel results with digital neutral networks, but there is a 0% chance that this technology will ursup human supremacy in our lifetimes.

The threat of AGI/ASI exists as a fantasy in the minds of the technologically illiterate who cannot understand the mediocrity of what they are observing.

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sideways t1_j9nlbll wrote

Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of goalposts being moved.

Every time someone makes a supremely confident prediction like this, machine intelligence overtakes another domain previously sacrosanct to humans.

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dokushin t1_j9nokgs wrote

There has already been exponential growth. Put your money where your mouth is and make a testable prediction.

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CaribbeanR3tard t1_j9nopsk wrote

Any scenario where AI gets consciousness is more fictitious than probable, so an ASI is very unlikely to ever be created. But an AGI without consciousness is far more probable, it just depends on more than just AI development. The slow advancement of robotics and limited computing power/energy production is a hindrance to that goal. But just like how ChatGPT was thought to be impossible 10 years ago, we really, really don't know what sort of advancements will be made during this and the next decade.

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Surur t1_j9nq5kt wrote

In the context of an AI, what is consciousness?

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NoidoDev t1_j9ny56l wrote

>consciousness

The term has no special meaning in context of AI, it's generally not agreed upon what it means. But here are many guys into some kind of mythical idea of what it means. It's really just a high level control system or the difference between only being able to "dream" / fantasize and reasoning.

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CaribbeanR3tard t1_j9o9wwq wrote

Consciousness in general is something that is probably going to have to be redefined in the next couple of years, as AI becomes more and more I than A. But I mean consciousness in the same sense that currently applies to organic beings.

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Surur t1_j9odw1s wrote

So being able perceive and respond intelligently to internal and external changes?

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CaribbeanR3tard t1_j9olnb3 wrote

More than just that. It's also imagination. Curiosity. Dreams. Desire. Those are some of the defining factors of consciousness.

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