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Prediction: As we start to approach a true AI, I have a feeling a side effect will begin to understand there multiple sentient organisms we simply dismissed du
by valarauca1 9y ago
Prediction:
As we start to approach a true AI, I have a feeling a side effect will begin to understand there multiple sentient organisms we simply dismissed due to _some_ standard.
Much like how earth retreated from the center of the universe, to just a wet rock orbiting a slightly above average brightness yellow dwarf.
- maxxxxx 9y agoI think time will be a major factor. We probably would have trouble recognizing intelligence that operates on time spans of millions of years.
- ddebernardy 9y agoOne big standard is the ability to recognize oneself in a mirror and, insofar as I'm aware, humans are the only ones who have yet to pass it consistently. (Perhaps a few great apes have done so since.)
- hacker_9 9y agoNo? The 'mirror test' has been passed by a range of animals, including apes, elephants and dolphins.
- seszett 9y agoBut anyway it's obviously meaningless when we're talking about plants. Blind humans cannot recognize themselves in a mirror either, but it doesn't mean anything about their sentience.
- rectangletangle 9y agoIt becomes further confused when animals like dogs are introduced into the equation. They fail the visual mirror test, primarily because vision isn't their primary sense.
- anfractuosity 9y agoThere's also a paper regarding the mirror test and ants - http://www.journalofscience.net/File_Folder/521-532(jos).pdf http://www.journalofscience.net/File_Folder/521-532(jos).pdf
- sebleon 9y agoWhy is this a big standard for sentience? Seems like a silly, contrived test.
- taneq 9y agoBecause it's something that we thought only humans can do. Of course, we've now replaced it with something else that we think only humans can do.