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Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient. I don't know why this is interesting. Someone said a dumb thing, breached their

Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient. I don't know why this is interesting. Someone said a dumb thing, breached their contract, and got fired for it. The end.

slewis 4y ago
“Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient,” said the temporarily coherent chemical blob.
asimpletune 4y ago
>[...] code running on a computer cannot become sentient If you could prove that, you'd win a Turing Award.
School-Cotton 4y ago
> Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient. We have no agreed-upon definition of what sentience even is, nor what causes humans to experience it, so this is clearly not true.
alpaca128 4y ago
> Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient That sounds pretty confident considering we don't even know how sentience works or emerges. Aside from that I agree this specific story isn't particularly interesting, though. The media hyped it up to an insane degree.
- irthomasthomas 4y ago
  "That sounds pretty confident considering we don't even know how sentience works or appears" This works better the other way, no? - "The code has become sentient!” -- "Define sentient..." sound of crickets Edit: Actually, I suppose it wouldn't be the sound of crickets, but the sound of a thousand idiots regurgitating the last YouTube video they watched on the subject, but the informational content is the same.
b112 4y ago
I'd say, depending on job, the incompetence and lack of analytical thinking displayed by thinking sentience is present, is a reason for dismissal alone.
spion 4y ago
Why would code running on a computer be unable to become sentient?
jstanley 4y ago
> Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient. This is very much not "known". Some people believe it, but nobody knows.

slewis 4y ago

“Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient,” said the temporarily coherent chemical blob.

asimpletune 4y ago

>[...] code running on a computer cannot become sentient If you could prove that, you'd win a Turing Award.

School-Cotton 4y ago

> Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient. We have no agreed-upon definition of what sentience even is, nor what causes humans to experience it, so this is clearly not true.

alpaca128 4y ago

> Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient That sounds pretty confident considering we don't even know how sentience works or emerges. Aside from that I agree this specific story isn't particularly interesting, though. The media hyped it up to an insane degree.

irthomasthomas 4y ago
"That sounds pretty confident considering we don't even know how sentience works or appears" This works better the other way, no? - "The code has become sentient!” -- "Define sentient..." sound of crickets Edit: Actually, I suppose it wouldn't be the sound of crickets, but the sound of a thousand idiots regurgitating the last YouTube video they watched on the subject, but the informational content is the same.

b112 4y ago

I'd say, depending on job, the incompetence and lack of analytical thinking displayed by thinking sentience is present, is a reason for dismissal alone.

spion 4y ago

Why would code running on a computer be unable to become sentient?

jstanley 4y ago

> Everybody already knows that code running on a computer cannot become sentient. This is very much not "known". Some people believe it, but nobody knows.