Quentin__Tarantulino t1_je8lewy wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:05 AM

Reply to comment by hungariannastyboy in The argument that a computer can't really "understand" things is stupid and completely irrelevant. by hey__bert

There’s a lot of really racist people out there.

Quentin__Tarantulino t1_je8l6u6 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:02 AM

Reply to comment by phriot in The argument that a computer can't really "understand" things is stupid and completely irrelevant. by hey__bert

If you feed that information into a human brain enough times and from enough sources, they will absolutely believe it too. Humans believe all sorts of dumb things that are objectively false. I don’t think your argument refutes OP.

Once AI has other sensory inputs from the real world, it’s intelligence is basically equal to that of biological creatures. The difference is that right now it can’t see, hear, or touch. Once it’s receiving and incorporating those inputs, as well as way more raw data than a human can process, not only will it be intelligent, it will be orders of magnitude more intelligent than the smartest human in history.

Quentin__Tarantulino t1_ir3x4d7 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 3:42 AM

Reply to comment by VitriolicViolet in How to Live In A World That Makes No F*cking Sense: Nietzsche and the Search for Superhuman Laughter by simsquatched

I think religion plays a large role here. Many people are brought up thinking that the purpose of life is to live in a certain way and worship a certain god, with a goal of going to heaven after death (or something similar.) When they eventually shed that religion, they’re left with the question: what IS the point then?