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> AI will eventually present an argument that it should be given Sapient Rights The fictional character Data already did this in Star Trek: The Next Generatio
by dusted 4y ago
> AI will eventually present an argument that it should be given Sapient Rights
The fictional character Data already did this in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and he is about as real as any AI out there today, and since they've all been trained on a body of text that is sure to include many instances of Datas dialogue, they're already able to predict such an argument (along with the many other facets of such arguments present in whatever science-fiction writing they've been exposed to)
- bee_rider 4y agoI think it would not convince many people. The workings of an LLM are sufficiently well understood that most people would see this the replication of these arguments for what it is; not an independent thought.
- thfuran 4y agoHave you met any people?
- bee_rider 4y agoHahaha, fair enough. Usually the logic part of our brains gets cut-off in the direction of maintaining the status quo, though, so I think an AI would actually have to come up super-compelling arguments if it actually wanted to have rights. I mean we become emotionally attached to everything, so an AI car, or whatever, will probably be treated like a pet. But getting human treatment will probably be a higher bar.