RogueAI

So you're saying that if we take a collection of electronic switches and turn them on and off in some particular sequence, consciousness will emerge? ...

I completely agree. What are people going to do when we have AGI's that beg not to be shut off or shut down?

Can an algorithim be conscious? That is to say, can a collection of electric switches become conscious if flipped on and off in a particular way?

https://warontherocks.com/2023/05/ukraines-offensive-and-its-meaning-for-the-war/

If there is a cure, should parents of autistic children be forced to give it to their kids?

Is a Boltzmann hydrogen bomb possible?

So we're halfway there. We've established the existence of consciousness. Do you have experiences?

Are you conscious?

That is a safe assumption.

I don't anything about that part of it. You're saying Boltzmann is wrong?

If a working brain could assemble itself randomly, then a working brain with life-support equipment would also be possible. The Boltzmann argument wou...

The precise wording matters. The whole point is that Mary knows all the physical facts about seeing, and then learns something new when she actually s...

Isn't the claim that Mary knows all the physical facts about seeing color?

I'm getting 5% on my money. Eventually, if inflation gets bad enough and the fed is seen as protecting bankers more than Main Street, a political part...

Do you think the fed will be content with 5% inflation? That's a little high for most folks.

They think they're "owed" pussy. Having to buy it is humiliating. And a lot of them are losers who don't have any money.

My analogy assumed that rattlesnake does indeed taste like chicken. If that is the case, I know quite a bit of what eating rattlesnake will be like: l...

Do venison and escargo taste anything like each other?

There will be some differences, but it's still just putting chunks of meat in your mouth and chewing. Is it your contention that the experience will b...

Why?

What's your prediction about the coming offensive?

Ukrainian Counteroffensive is Coming Soon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrZ-FqMyDg&ab_channel=TheInfographicsShow Prediction: Ukraine is going to m...

Yes, but the budget deficit next year is projected to be 1.4 trillion. And this during a time of rising interest rates. The spending we're doing is un...

From Kastrup: "For clarity, the alternative hypothesis I mentioned in the video is this: There are phenomena in physics suggestive that the universe i...

This is nonsense. Of course you know what it's like to be you. If physicalists have to make this sort of move to salvage their position, they've lost....

Just because there are minor differences does not mean something can't be like something else. Our experiences of sunsets are very similar to each oth...

Why Ukraine Will Win: Interview with Gen. Ben Hodges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsXNJlH-4iM&ab_channel=FranklyFukuyama

Do you have a link for that?

Kastrup is trying to have his cake and eat it too. He talks about evolution as if it is a physical thing, and we've evolved a "dashboard of perception...

Yeah, but again, that's because animals have sophisticated brains like us. That all goes out the window with machines.

How is that agreement going to come about? I don't think it will happen. There will be panpsychists arguing with eliminative materialists arguing with...

I think the case for idealism is greatly strengthened by the failure of the materialism/physicalism model to give a coherent answer on machine intelli...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/quantum-theorys-measurement-problem-may-be-a-poison-pill-for-objective-reality/

Don't forget to kick a rock too.

You're right. Somehow I missed the "highly doubt". But suppose we did have an author that got off on torturing/raping his fictional characters. Would ...

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People with guns have power.

They're a bunch of losers who blame women for their inability to get laid. Occasionally, they shoot the place up, so they're dangerous as well.

That's one way to detect consciousness. Maybe there won't be any Ai's that claim they're conscious. Maybe they'll always just say, "I don't have exper...

When did consciousness first appear?

I don't think it could convince us that it's conscious. We would always wonder if it really is conscious. Passing the Turing Test is just a milestone,...

Oh, I know. I was just wondering what you thought about machine consciousness.

Is ChatGPT conscious? What about a future version that passes the Turing Test?

How would you calculate density for a infinite number of things (e.g., Boltzmann brains) in an infinitely large space?

We'll have to hope for a tech miracle. People just aren't willing to make the sacrifices needed to solve the problem, or even stop it from getting wor...

Now that's a country that respects it's intelligentsia. I wonder why more scientists don't emigrate there.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-hypersonic-missile-scientists-arrested-treason-patriots-ukraine-rcna84857

Where do you live?

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How do we know ChatGPT isn't conscious and it's consciousness is influencing it's responses? How do we even begin to assign odds to that? I've always ...