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The onset of AI shows that "programming" is more than a set of imperatives. Or, more snarkily, watch the Matrix.
by unethical_ban 4y ago
The onset of AI shows that "programming" is more than a set of imperatives.
Or, more snarkily, watch the Matrix.
- krapp 4y ago> The onset of AI shows that "programming" is more than a set of imperatives. How so? What is current AI doing that goes beyond the scope or intent of its programming? Are you arguing that DallE, Stable Diffusion and the like have developed souls? >Or, more snarkily, watch the Matrix. The Matrix is fiction, they didn't actually develop an AGI for the movies so invoking it in an argument about AI is as pointless as invoking Star Trek in an argument about post-scarcity economics.
- unethical_ban 4y agoHoly false dichotomy, batman. There are stages between "literally only process if/else statements" and "has some nebulous concept such as a soul". You don't define soul, yet you argue using it. And please defend how the algorithms in the Matrix aren't AGI. Do you think Agent Smith is a bunch of if/else statements? No? AGI. And finally, fiction is an incredible tool for framing concepts. The fact you dismiss them as tools for discussing potential future philosophical concepts is disappointing.