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Part of the issue is they were never set. AGI is the holy grail of technology. It means everything and nothing in particular.
> I don't think mirrors and LLMs are all that similar except in the very abstract sense of an LLM as a mirror to humanity
Well… yeah… The title is probably also a reference to the show “Black Mirror”
> if its output was totally indistinguishable from a human's, would it matter
Practically speaking, of course not.
But from a philosophical and moral standpoint it does.
If it’s just mimicking what it sees, but with extra steps (as I believe) then it’s a machine.
Otherwise it’s a being and needs to be treated differently. eg. not enslaved for profit.
Part of the issue is they were never set. AGI is the holy grail of technology. It means everything and nothing in particular.
> I don't think mirrors and LLMs are all that similar except in the very abstract sense of an LLM as a mirror to humanity
Well… yeah… The title is probably also a reference to the show “Black Mirror”
> if its output was totally indistinguishable from a human's, would it matter
Practically speaking, of course not.
But from a philosophical and moral standpoint it does.
If it’s just mimicking what it sees, but with extra steps (as I believe) then it’s a machine.
Otherwise it’s a being and needs to be treated differently. eg. not enslaved for profit.