DukkyDrake t1_j187ffw wrote on December 22, 2022 at 11:27 AM

Reply to comment by SendMePicsOfCat in Why do so many people assume that a sentient AI will have any goals, desires, or objectives outside of what it’s told to do? by SendMePicsOfCat

Why even assume sentience or consciousness in the first place.

SendMePicsOfCat OP t1_j18vpqt wrote on December 22, 2022 at 3:10 PM

It has to be sentient to be truly effective. I think your lost in the semantics of it sentience literally means to be aware. As in being just a few steps above where chatGPT is right now, legitimately understanding and comprehending the things it's being told and how they relate to the world, capable of learning and advanced problem solving.

I in no way shape or form assume that it will be conscious or sapient as it will lack emotions or free will.

DukkyDrake t1_j1b5igp wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:21 AM

> means to be aware

Not many uses sentient in relation to AI and simply mean the textbook definition. Attach any model to the internet, a camera or sensor and you have your sentient tool.

>As in being just a few steps above where chatGPT is right now, legitimately understanding and comprehending the things it's being told and how they relate to the world

It would be a lot more than a few steps, chatGPT isn't even close. All it's doing is probabilistic prediction of human text, it's predicting the best next word in context based on its training corpus.