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Check out my book Being You, and my prize-winning essay The Mythology of Conscious AI.
Almost nobody worries that AlphaFold "might be conscious. That’s because AlphaFold predicts protein structures, whereas LLMs ‘talk’ to us. The compelling illusion of consciousness created by linguistic fluency just isn’t there for AlphaFold" @anilseth & al
@jeffrsebo @anilkseth @De_dicto @Nature Jeff, the problem I have with this is the opportunity cost: focusing upon some highly unlikely possibility is a distraction to the clear and present realities.
The laws of physics are such that it is possible that every oxygen atom in the room I am currently in could migrate to
I'm always pleased to read @jeffrsebo who takes a constructive alternative perspective. As he says, we agree more than we disagree. But we do still disagree (I hope agreeably). He is very articulate in presenting the case for AI welfare, and this case deserves to be taken
.@anilkseth, @De_dicto, and Giulio Tononi have a new essay in @Nature arguing that AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be. I admire the authors and agree with much of what they say. False positives about AI consciousness are both likely and harmful right now. Consciousness