We can’t explain the how, where, or why of consciousness in fully-formed human beings. So, even if the clumps of brain matter are operating as simple logic gates, who’s to say that some subjective sense of “maybe” might emerge in them along the way?
The conversation about AI is a battle of biases, and its winners are determined by the size of their megaphones and the time of day.
How can you make sure your new AI worker will drink the company Kool-Aid like the human employee it replaced did?An HR software company has th e answer: Creating profiles for AI workers in its management platform so that employers can track things like performance, productivity, and suitability for promotion.
There’ll be lots of money to be made by AI developers trying to protect people, businesses, and institutions from the dangers of their creations. And that, after all, is the point of why they’re giving us AI in the first place.
I think we’ll experience the roll out of AI as a similar set of implementations at work and in our homes. The media and VC-fueled startups might still talk about step-changes, like AGI, but that won’t change the substance, speed, or inevitability of the underlying process.
We’re missing the point if all we see is a technology that helps us write things or find better deals on shoe prices or, at the other extreme, might fix climate change or annihilate humanity.
Understanding the accuracy and reliability of AI should inform our decisions about if, when, and how we integrate it into our lives. We’re never going to have it if businesses and governments have their way.
AGI is an engineer’s wet dream masquerading as a vision for the rest of us.
Many say that we shouldn’t worry about lost jobs whatsoever because tech always creates new ones. People must become “tech savvy” and learn to live with AI, in much the same way that we were told to adapt to the inevitability of social media. But we know the truth.
“AGI,” may one day fully mimic human capabilities, and the boffins behind the tech are racing to realize it. But even if they program it to simulate fear of getting unplugged, it won’t be the same as possessing a personal awareness of death.