Who cares if AI is conscious–it’s basically alive
PLUS: OpenAI thinks its latest model may kick off the AGI era. View in browser | Your preferences ■ In this week’s Backchannel : While philosophers ponder AI consciousness, the models have ideas of their own. It’s like the AI models are echoing Descartes— I spam, therefore I am Hi, Steven here. OpenAI says that AGI has arrived . Is that all there is? I spent the waning days of summer grinding away at columns and working on a feature. But I missed a chance at a striking change of scenery—cruising the Galápagos with about a dozen prominent philosophers st...
