BrokenaRephlection
BrokenaRephlection t1_irslc0p wrote
Why does everyone assume that they are conscious?
I'm not saying that they aren't but thinking that they are is just dumb. We don't even fully understand consciousness yet so saying that throwing a bunch of thoughts and sensory inputs together in a biological brain is consciousness is dumb.
Intelligence we know can be tested but the only evidence we have of consciousness is subjective and even then it's purely anecdotal. To suggest that it would just pop up in every human brain that exists is dumb.
Of course consciousness could be normal in humans, but there's no bulletproof evidence that they are. I don't think many people are conscious because then they would realise that they are slaves not free beings.
BrokenaRephlection t1_ir7xc8x wrote
Reply to Russian Scientists Propose Plan to Launch Huge Advertisements Into Orbit Over Cities by kelev11en
I can't wait for the night sky equivalent of the burnt out neon bar sign with two missing letters and an "s" that flickers on and off with a fizzing nose.
BrokenaRephlection t1_ir7x4ax wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Russian Scientists Propose Plan to Launch Huge Advertisements Into Orbit Over Cities by kelev11en
I like your thoughts but in reality they'll post complaints on social media for a bit then it will become normal and they'll forget about it.
BrokenaRephlection t1_ir4ptvl wrote
Reply to comment by s1syphean in How Can We Profit From A.I.? by nexus3210
Fair point. May as well eat before the meat spoils eh?
BrokenaRephlection t1_ir47oeq wrote
Reply to How Can We Profit From A.I.? by nexus3210
Damn, this is the wrong question. AI should contribute to the end of capitalism. Paired with robotics we should be seeing the automation of the majority of work we undertake. If this is achieved there are two general ways it could fall:
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The capital class profits on this with reduced costs which are not passed to the consumer. This less to a rapidly widening welfare state where the poor unemployed are dependent on handouts to survive. Without mass employment, income tax revenue plumbers and governments are no longer able to sustain themselves.
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Automation leads to the same outcome but is Co opted by state or non profit organizations and used to increase human well being overall. This leads to the end of the capital class and the creation of a new paradigm of human society underpinned by automated production of necessities and increased leisure.
The question we should be asking is how do we steer development to option 2 without class warfare and mass loss of life?
BrokenaRephlection t1_izi4rw0 wrote
Reply to Chat GPT down or overloaded or something? by mistfox69
It's thinking.