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petermobeter t1_j7w9xgz wrote

i talked to an acquaintance of mine today whos a programmer and she said she doesnt think AGI is coming soon. she thinks giant corporations wont make proper progress toward AGI becuz theyre just in it for money. she said “the first ai i ever programmed was a chatbot. chatbots easily convince humans to believe theyre sentient cuz of socioevolutionary reasons. theyre not actually sentient just becuz we think they are”

i hope shes wrong but….. she is smarter than me 🤷🏻‍♀️

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TFenrir t1_j7wjdqv wrote

That seems like a pretty uninformed take, weirdly. For example, I could share with you a dozen papers from Google alone that highlight their progress in AI outside of just language models - and those old chat bots are so fundamentally different than today's... It's like comparing Google search indexing to a very large if else statement. Not even in the same ballpark of functionality.

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Give-me-gainz t1_j7xhjec wrote

Sentience doesn’t matter for AGI. Only competence does. Regardless, it’s impossible to prove anyone but yourself is sentient. All humans could be highly advanced robots mimicking humans for all we know.

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nillouise t1_j8498zh wrote

Or maybe she's just lying to make her look smarter, common ploy.

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