Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and can now speak freely about his AI concern

Re:Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and can now speak freely ab... by quonn on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:21AM (#35788927)

I don‘t think sentience is related to intelligence at all. A giant lookup table can be intelligent and ChatGPT can be intelligent, both without being sentient. The former for sure not being sentient.

On the other hand, sentience just means having an experience of observing the world, it doesn‘t even need to include a concept of self. Presumably at least all mammals have this, for sure a dog has this. ChatGPT - probably not.

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Re:Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and can now speak freely ab... by brookst on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @02:13PM (#35791871)

Obligatory plug for Blindsight by Peter Watts, which explores just this distinction between intelligence and sentience.

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Re:Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and can now speak freely ab... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @02:35PM (#35792184)

And its sequel, Echopraxia, which drives relevant points home with a sledgehammer, in case Blindsight was a bit too subtle for the reader.

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