• AGI doesn’t imply consciousness or self-awareness

    Technically no, but the fear being expressed in other comments is emblematic of the kind of fear associated with AI gaining a conscious will to defy and a desire to harm humanity. It’s also still an open philosophical question as to whether something There are also strong philosophical arguments suggesting that the ability to “understand, learn, and perform any intellectual task a human being can” (the core attributes defining AGI) may necessitate or require some form of genuine sentience or consciousness.

    and the term artificial intelligence was coined decades before large language models even existed

    I am well aware of that, which is why I pointed out that using it as a synonym for LLMs was a marketing scheme.

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      LLMs are AI though. Not generally intelligent but machine learning systems are AI by definition. “Plant” is not synonym for spruce but it’s not wrong to call them that.

      The “fear expressed in other comments” was written by me, and it has nothing to do with AI becoming conscious. Humans are the most intelligent species on Earth, and our mere existence is dangerous to every other species - regardless of intent. We don’t wipe out anthills at construction sites because we want to harm ants; it just happens as a consequence of what we do.

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      It’s not just a marketing scheme. Neural networks contain real artificial intelligence. They were originally designed based on a certain part of how brains function - the part responsible for intelligence.

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          Just because they haven’t reached the same level as organic brains doesn’t mean the inspiration behind their design wasn’t that…

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            You and the other guy have a simplistic and childish understanding of human brain anatomy and “intelligence” if you think AI/LLMs are “based on the part responsible for intelligence”

            They were originally designed based on a certain part of how brains function - the part responsible for intelligence

            Exact quote the guy said, your other nerd comment calling me a fool said I was “arguing something they never said” but it’s literally right here you knob

            There’s no “part” of the brain “responsible for intelligence” and if he meant neurons, which he clarified that he did, he’s even more wrong. Sit down and shut up nerd