A new paper examines what it might take to create artificial intelligence that is conscious, and concludes that this could be possible with existing technologies.
Hi Andrew - Robert Long (of the paper) here. Just wanted to say this was an excellent summary! Thank you for engaging so thoughtfully with the material.
I suppose a question I have is not whether or not we can create an sentient AI (anything is possible except violating the laws of physics) but whether there is any point of doing so?
AIs can be extremely helpful to us all, so long as the fall just short of sentience. Is there a reason that some desire to continue beyond this point?
Good question. One concern is that consciousness will unintentionally arise if we're not careful, but there are also researchers who are interested in this out of curiosity, and through wondering whether this will be the next step in functional AI ...
Hi Andrew - Robert Long (of the paper) here. Just wanted to say this was an excellent summary! Thank you for engaging so thoughtfully with the material.
I suppose a question I have is not whether or not we can create an sentient AI (anything is possible except violating the laws of physics) but whether there is any point of doing so?
AIs can be extremely helpful to us all, so long as the fall just short of sentience. Is there a reason that some desire to continue beyond this point?
Good question. One concern is that consciousness will unintentionally arise if we're not careful, but there are also researchers who are interested in this out of curiosity, and through wondering whether this will be the next step in functional AI ...
I very much wish I could successfully argue against your thesis. Alas...