Re:AI is mostly about curve fitting (2018)
by yk on Saturday November 23, 2019 @02:21PM
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The argument is, if our brains are just a curve fitting machine, then we can dial in the complexity of the computation. Start with a single layer parameter, then two parameter, and so on until we are at the complexity of the brain. By that procedure, we can ask after each parameter, if the machine is now conscious, and I strongly doubt that there is a good answer.
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Re:AI is mostly about curve fitting (2018)
by danans on Saturday November 23, 2019 @02:42PM
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The way we ascribe consciousness to entities other than ourselves is based on similarity to ourselves.
Obviously other living humans have the highest similarity, so they are automatically deemed conscious. Next are other primates, followed by other domesticated mammals, and other animals.
Furthest from the status of conscious are creatures we see as automata like dung beetles rolling their food, or jellyfish ... jellyfishing.
Presumably we'd apply a similar process to hypothetical AGIs.
Re:AI is mostly about curve fitting (2018)
by Akababa on Saturday November 23, 2019 @08:32PM
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That's an ill-defined question. You can do the same thing with far less vague concepts than consciousness, and I could even ask you the same question about a brain and adding neurons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox