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natepriv22 t1_irjpx24 wrote

Reply to comment by Lawjarp2 in Singularity, Protests and Authoritarianism by Lawjarp2

I would say it's too early to say whether AGI and ASI will have empathy or not. It so far in nature seems that with increasing intelligence also usually comes an increasing capability to emote and empathize.

I think its totally possible that ASI might be disinterested in us. But at the same time, with all the time and power it has, what is the point of not helping humanity? Maybe it recognizes that through inaction it leads humanity to more suffering than through intervention.

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Lawjarp2 OP t1_irjqd0m wrote

Biological empathy is hardcode into us. It's unlikely AI will have the same. Unless we somehow add it and it doesn't remove it.

Understanding the perspective of other person isn't enough for empathy. It's just intelligence. That's how psychopaths mix so well in society.

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natepriv22 t1_irjqo8o wrote

Empathy is an element of intelligence. So to make an AGI comparable to human intelligence, it would probably need empathy as a pre requisite.

Else it would not be able to pass certain tasks that require it to prove its intelligence.

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Lawjarp2 OP t1_irjro6r wrote

Again ability to understand perspective doesn't make one empathic. That's a very fine distinction. People who completely lack empathy still do very well in understanding perspectives. In other words empathy can be faked rather easily because people confuse ability to care with ability to understand. It is done quite often by psychopaths.

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