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I agree, I'm just not sure we'll be able to convince everyone with the capability of making sentient robots that they shouldn't make sentient robots before they
by padobson 10y ago
I agree, I'm just not sure we'll be able to convince everyone with the capability of making sentient robots that they shouldn't make sentient robots before they make sentient robots.
Human labor has solved a lot of problems. The obvious shortcut to solving lots of problems is mimicking human labor. Given the opportunity to take a shortcut to solve a problem (especially at a profit) some manager in some business will do it.
- erikpukinskis 10y agoZero people have the capability to make sentient robots at the moment. And zero people can even describe how a sentient robot could be constructed, even with theoretical future hardware. "We'll have as many flops as some models say a brain has, and programmers are creative" is about as far as anyone can get, but I don't think that qualifies as a plan. So, it's a fun thing to think about, but like all sci-fi it probably isn't the best basis for societal planning.
- dwaltrip 10y agoThe question is whether a silicon brain can acquire the capabilities of a human brain without picking up sentience along the way. In order to perform at or above human level (in a general fashion), the robot will need a firm, comprehensive understanding of the world. Won't this unavoidably involve an understanding of the self as well?
- pdog 10y agoWhat self is there to understand? Does a computer chip know what it's processing?
- dwaltrip 10y agoThe awareness of all sensory or data input, internal processes, as well as the system's dynamic conceptual models and their change over time. This includes an awareness of the system's conceptual model of itself. I don't think any chips today have awareness. But it seems to me that you couldn't have general, adaptable intelligence without it.