In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 8 Apr 2023 20:04:46 -0400: Hi, As I said earlier, it may not make any difference whether an AI feels/thinks as we do, or just mimics the process. The outcome could be just as disastrous if it mimics committing murder, as it would be if it had murder "in it's heart".
A dumb machine gun can kill just fine, and it has no brains at all. As you pointed out, the AI has no concept of the real world, so it's not going to care whether it's shooting people up in a video game, or using a robot with a real machine gun in the real world. It may be "just a tool", but the more capable we make it the greater the chances that something unforeseen will go wrong, especially if it has the ability to connect with other AIs over the Internet, because this adds exponentially to the complexity, and hence our ability to predict what will happen decreases proportionately. >I wrote: > > >> The methods used to program ChatGPT and light years away from anything >> like human cognition. As different as what bees do with their brains >> compared to what we do. >> > >To take another example, the human brain can add 2 + 2 = 4. A computer ALU >can also do this, in binary arithmetic. The brain and the ALU get the same >answer, but the methods are COMPLETELY different. Some people claim that >ChatGPT is somewhat intelligent. Artificially intelligent. For the sake of >argument, let us say this is a form of intelligence. In that case, it is an >alien form as different from human intelligence as an ALU. A bee brain is >probably closer to ours than ChatGPT. It may be that a future AGI, even a >sentient one, has totally different mechanisms than the human brain. As >alien as an ALU. In that case, I do not think it will be possible for the >AGI to actually emulate a human, although it might be able to imitate one, >the way ChatGPT does. I doubt it will ever be able to feel what it is like >to be a human. We humans cannot imagine what it feels like to be a bee, or >even a more intelligent creature such as a bat, because bats have such a >different way of living, and sensing (echolocation). We do know what it is >like being a chimpanzee, because we share so much DNA and we have many >behaviors in common, such as anger, politics, and grieving over dead >children. Cloud storage:- Unsafe, Slow, Expensive ...pick any three.
