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I enjoyed finding "counterfeit consciousness" for artificial intelligence. To me it evokes a kind of science fiction that's shown up occasionally on HN[1]. [1]
by aaron-santos 5y ago
I enjoyed finding "counterfeit consciousness" for artificial intelligence. To me it evokes a kind of science fiction that's shown up occasionally on HN[1].
[1] https://qntm.org/mmacevedo https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
- Freak_NL 5y agoAlso “haze figuring” for cloud computing. It sounds like something you'd find in 30s, 40s, 50s sci-fi for sure! Like “visiplate” (E.E. “Doc” Smith, Heinlein) for a computer display screen. (Along with ticker tape printouts and tape reels in the far future of course.)
- slowmovintarget 5y agoMakes me want to put smog-hosting in my CV.
- synquid 5y agoThe smog is just the Chinese cloud.
- laurent92 5y agoAh, vapordecisionware. But that might be confused with regular management.
- seoaeu 5y agoReally highlights that the actual phrases don't make any more sense than the tortured versions, other than the fact that we've been hearing all of them for years so they now sound normal
- samplatt 5y agoPuts me in mind of Pratchett's parody of 'fuzzy logic', "Woolly Thinking".
- rjbwork 5y agoI'll certainly be watching this debacle play out with a hot fresh bag of Banged Grains!
- rhino369 5y agoI happen to be reading Dune today, and AI is referred to as counterfeiting the human mind
- jareklupinski 5y agoI searched github for "counterfeit consciousness" and stumbled into quite the rabbit hole https://github.com/search?q=counterfeit+consciousness https://github.com/search?q=counterfeit+consciousness