How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious

Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious by rbanffy on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:20AM (#26620482)

My vote is "when it says so". I can't really prove it's not.

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Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious by TaupeRanger on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:22AM (#26620492)

GPT-3 already says so. You can't "prove it" either way. Such is the nature of consciousness. Good luck using that metric.

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Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious by jfk13 on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:24AM (#26620516)

Who needs GPT-3?

    printf("I'm conscious!\n");

There, it says so.

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Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious by rbanffy on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:42AM (#26621384)

`printf` for a literal, seriously?

OK... The compiler will do your job for you, drop the \n and use a puts instead, but, still, it'll be very disappointed with you.

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Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious by jfk13 on Monday March 29, 2021 @10:00AM (#26621660)

That's how I test the compiler's level of consciousness. Does it just blindly apply some predefined optimisations like an automaton, or does it enter into a meaningful discussion with me to determine my real intent here, and the best way to fulfil it?

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Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious by beckman466 on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:27AM (#26620542)

Holy shit, did I just witness the birth of Skynet on HN?

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Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious by auggierose on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:05AM (#26620933)

No.

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Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious by devchix on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:49PM (#26627289)

The real Skynet will answer like this.

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Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious by sullyj3 on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:07AM (#26620941)

    def main():
      print("I am conscious")

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