▲ 217 ▼ Anthropic: Could AI be conscious? Pope Leo: lol, no (pivot-to-ai.com) submitted 1 week ago by dgerard@awful.systems [M] to c/techtakes@awful.systems 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments ‘Algorithms lack the spark of humanity’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCWgoIrRCo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20261005-anthropic-could-ai-be-conscious-pope-leo-lol-no - podcast time: 7 min 58 sec
[+] AgentSeven@lemmy.zip -18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] ebu@awful.systems 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children) i don't know why your shitty whinging made it click but damn, it really is just Pascal's wager again. "we don't know if the spooky calculators have souls so better to act as if they dOoOoOo!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sina@beehaw.org -4 points 1 week ago (3 children) You could be totally right for all I know, but my argument against is that we humans have no idea what consciousness is & souls may not be real at all. To me panpsychism is more plausible than the vast majority of theories or mumbo jumbo regarding the soul, saying this as a comparison of plausibility without claiming that consciousness and the soul are the same or necessarily closely related. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ebu@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago "what if EVERYTHING is secretly conscious, including the random word predictor" i say, flailing my paws in the air permalink fedilink source parent [–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago Lack of evidence is not evidence for your pet theory. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 1 point 1 week ago I mean, fair enough, but can you explain how that impacts your decisions? What does panpsychism imply in matters of ethics or epistemology? Does it matter that the air you breathe can be thought of as in some way conscious? permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (5 replies)
[–] ebu@awful.systems 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children) i don't know why your shitty whinging made it click but damn, it really is just Pascal's wager again. "we don't know if the spooky calculators have souls so better to act as if they dOoOoOo!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sina@beehaw.org -4 points 1 week ago (3 children) You could be totally right for all I know, but my argument against is that we humans have no idea what consciousness is & souls may not be real at all. To me panpsychism is more plausible than the vast majority of theories or mumbo jumbo regarding the soul, saying this as a comparison of plausibility without claiming that consciousness and the soul are the same or necessarily closely related. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ebu@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago "what if EVERYTHING is secretly conscious, including the random word predictor" i say, flailing my paws in the air permalink fedilink source parent [–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago Lack of evidence is not evidence for your pet theory. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 1 point 1 week ago I mean, fair enough, but can you explain how that impacts your decisions? What does panpsychism imply in matters of ethics or epistemology? Does it matter that the air you breathe can be thought of as in some way conscious? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sina@beehaw.org -4 points 1 week ago (3 children) You could be totally right for all I know, but my argument against is that we humans have no idea what consciousness is & souls may not be real at all. To me panpsychism is more plausible than the vast majority of theories or mumbo jumbo regarding the soul, saying this as a comparison of plausibility without claiming that consciousness and the soul are the same or necessarily closely related. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ebu@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago "what if EVERYTHING is secretly conscious, including the random word predictor" i say, flailing my paws in the air permalink fedilink source parent [–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago Lack of evidence is not evidence for your pet theory. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 1 point 1 week ago I mean, fair enough, but can you explain how that impacts your decisions? What does panpsychism imply in matters of ethics or epistemology? Does it matter that the air you breathe can be thought of as in some way conscious? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ebu@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago "what if EVERYTHING is secretly conscious, including the random word predictor" i say, flailing my paws in the air permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago Lack of evidence is not evidence for your pet theory. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 1 point 1 week ago I mean, fair enough, but can you explain how that impacts your decisions? What does panpsychism imply in matters of ethics or epistemology? Does it matter that the air you breathe can be thought of as in some way conscious? permalink fedilink source parent