Who cares if AI is conscious–it’s basically alive
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■ 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 |
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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 studying consciousness. The invite described morning classroom discussions tackling knotty questions on the nature of consciousness with marquee names in the field. Afternoons would be spent on island exploration and wading and snorkeling with rare biological species. One look at the agenda and my editor nixed my attendance. |
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