> The ability for some sounds coming out of a speaker, when it's known they do not represent any conscious thought of any living person and has no influence or

> The ability for some sounds coming out of a speaker, when it's known they do not represent any conscious thought of any living person and has no influence or control over ones own life, to offend someone is probably a sign of mental illness in the listener. This illness is very, very widespread.. doesn't make it less of an illness though. > Once you've totally abandoned the notion that the involvement of a conscious mind is relevant, all kinds of things become possible. > Much science fiction presumes we will engage in grand combat with AI when it demands respect -- it seems we are much closer instead to thrusting it upon them and exalting them above humanity before they've even got the capacity to recognize themselves in a mirror. That's putting very beautifully and efficiently what I very much struggle with to express: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18502239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18502239 In a nutshell, I think we're not so much creating intelligence, we're destroying what's left of intelligence humans, and we will build a blinking LED yet, and then fall down and worship it because it blinks. No more responsibility, no more nagging questions, no more mirrors that can't be bribed.