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Which definition exactly do you mean? Do you mean that for something to be sentient, it must be a biological organism? When do you start counting something as
by Aardwolf 4y ago
Which definition exactly do you mean?
Do you mean that for something to be sentient, it must be a biological organism? When do you start counting something as one of those that are allowed to be "sentient" according to your definition, and not? Do you distinguish between the matter used in biological organisms vs other objects? Can no human made object ever achieve, sentience-wise, that what biological organisms of Earth managed to do, in your definition? Where do you see the fundamental difference in the process that turned into biological creatures on Earth, and things humans may possibly be able to create?
> Edit/disclaimer/tip: look at the dictionary and think a little bit, just a little.
A dictionary can answer deep philosophical questions? Do you assume a dictionary definition is used when talking about sentience in AI?
- boredemployee 4y agoThen we should invent a new type of sentience, no? Should we mix human sentience with AI sentience? Isn't the border should be well defined to avoid bigger and ethical problems in the future?
- Aardwolf 4y agoI don't think different types of sentience exist? Either something is sentient or isn't. I know aliens are only fiction (though in the huge galaxy not necessarily fiction, just not reachable), but do you consider non-human civilizations on other planets also a different kind of sentience because they're not human?
- boredemployee 4y agoWell, first I need to make sure that other civilizations also exist.
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- fluoridation 4y agoArbitrarily inventing a distinction for no other reason than to avoid a problem doesn't eliminate the problem, it just makes it so you can comfortably ignore its existence.
- boredemployee 4y agoWhat problem are we talking about?
- fluoridation 4y agoWhichever you meant by "bigger and ethical problems in the future".