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> For the AIs in books and TV shows, consciousness is a curse. They exhibit unpredictable, intentional behaviors, and things don’t turn out well for the humans.
by pmontra 5y ago
> For the AIs in books and TV shows, consciousness is a curse. They exhibit unpredictable, intentional behaviors, and things don’t turn out well for the humans.
Skynet notwithstanding, do I want a program to play go with and evaluate my games or one that maybe doesn't feel like playing with an unskilled player like me or tells me that I should work instead? Dumb AIs don't seem so bad.
- radarsat1 5y agoSkynet is an interesting example to choose -- I know it's the premise of the movie, but is there really any evidence in the Terminator franchise that the AI is actually conscious? It sure seems to make a lot of "robotic" decisions, self-preservation notwithstanding. That is, the premise is mostly "machine wants to kill humans to keep itself alive"; but I do not know if "wants to keep itself alive" is a sufficient condition for consciousness. It certainly doesn't seem to be smart enough to consider that if it wasn't trying to kill all the humans, they might not want to turn it off in the first place. Skynet really seems more like an out of control paperclip maker than a truly conscious AI.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoIIRC from Terminator 2: Judgement Day, humanity decided to turn Skynet off the second they realized it had achieved self-awareness. Skynet initiated the nuclear holocaust and human genocide program as a self-preservation mechanism. For a completely different take on how something like Skynet could end, check out the 1970 film Colossus: The Forbin Project.