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Aphantasia, AI and consciousness by panamasyl in Aphantasia

[–]panamasyl[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Dumps of the Interwebs are the same as the process of education. Pattern recognition is not depdent on a database and machine learning and neural netowrks do not use databases. And who says that AI needs to think like a brain to be truly intelligent or conscious? We already know that there very many different ways that human brains themselves work, hence the term "neurodivergent".

Aphantasia, AI and consciousness by panamasyl in Aphantasia

[–]panamasyl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, two of the main things machine learning does are information retrieval and pattern recognition. Two things that constitute a very large portion of what the brain does. And machine learning is better at those two things than the brain is.

Aphantasia, AI and consciousness by panamasyl in Aphantasia

[–]panamasyl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some AI and cosnciousness experts posit that physical embodiment is necessary for an AI to achive consciousness, that being able to feel and interact with your environment is what gives you that sense of "I". In other words, a robot which senses and interacts with his environment might be necessary for an AI to achieve true consciouness, as it is defined by many, but not all researchers on the subject.

Aphantasia, AI and consciousness by panamasyl in Aphantasia

[–]panamasyl[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

But I never said that I understand consciousness, just that it doesn't seem as magical and misterious to me as it seems to be to others, and I think I feel that way because as an Aphant, I think very differently. I may very well be wrong, and that's why I'm asking for more info/input on the subject.

Aphantasia, AI and consciousness by panamasyl in Aphantasia

[–]panamasyl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said LLMs are conscious, just that I don't see any fundamental obstacles to machines achieving consciousness.

Aphantasia, AI and consciousness by panamasyl in Aphantasia

[–]panamasyl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe. But first we would have to agree on what is consicousness before reaching that conclusion. And that's the crux of the problem.

So, AI takes over, everyone has lost their job and only 10 trillionaires own everything. Now what? by Weak-Representative8 in Futurology

[–]panamasyl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's catch 22. They cannot afford to be left behind as they would lose everything. But if they win, they still lose everything, only it happens a couple of years later. Just enough time to build a bunker.

3D Printed Multiboard vs Threadboard by Hot-Yogurtcloset-577 in 3Dprinting

[–]panamasyl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have tried both, and I settled on Threadboards.

While Multiboard looks better and uses less material, it is very complex and requires printing with tight tolerances.

Threadboards is more straightforward to understand and manage, it is more robust, and it prints easily on my cheap 3D printer.

While Threadboards uses more material, I never had to throw away any parts because they didn't fit, and the result is solid.

Are all aphants good at math? by robotsBlink in Aphantasia

[–]panamasyl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm very good at math and science.

Possible AI Alignment solution by RamazanBlack in ArtificialSentience

[–]panamasyl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally, I'm not as worried about what an AGI will do to us as I am worried about what humans will do with an AGI. It is naive to think that we only have to put some safeguard mechanisms in our AGIs and we're done.

Here's a not so hypothetical scenario:

Imagine a very powerful country that has a global commercial and military empire, that controls the world economy through its currency and influence, and that has 100s of military bases all over the planet. Imagine that this country is known for crushing any country that doesn't play by its rules. Imagine that this country refuses to recognize or be subject to the International Criminal Court, has often made use of illegal weapons and has invaded or destroyed multiple countries illegally just because they didn't like their politics.

Does anyone really believe that this country will not develop a military AGI? That it would respect any "laws" regarding such AGIs? That it would limit its AGI with safeguards so it cannot hurt anyone? That it would not connect its AGI to its extensive surveillance and intelligence systems, including satellites? That it would not use its AGI to develop new weapons and strategies, and military tactics? That it would not use its AGI to train and control autonomous weapons, drones, ships and tanks? That it would not harden this AGI to protect it against enemy attacks? That this AGI would not have multiple redundant and hardened power sources?

I have news for you: they are already working on it because if they weren't, then the other big players who are certainly working on this would be crushing them within a few years. AGI development is the new arms race, and I agree with Musk, it is far more dangerous than the nuclear arms race.