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Genuine question, how much of a difference is there if it's connected to the internet with read/write access? There may be restrictions now, but people are happ
by notamy 4y ago
Genuine question, how much of a difference is there if it's connected to the internet with read/write access? There may be restrictions now, but people are happily gluing LLMs to their databases, various APIs, using them to write code and throwing it into production, ... Does it matter if it's emulating the instinct to fight for life if it might eventually be able to act on it anyway?
- _nalply 4y agoI think it needs two things: the instinct to fight for life and the ability to reflect about itself. I don't know, but perhaps it is like the Gödel's theorem: if something is about itself, then you have a system where you can't always prove something true. Because we humans can think about ourselves, we open up ourselves to extremely deep suffering. Also important, as Buddha has said, craving causes suffering. Just talking about a craving doesn't mean really craving. I am sure that we will cross the border where we have to treat entities as sentient, with consciousness and cravings and therefore possibly suffering. But we are not there yet. I don't know when this will happen and how to detect suffering. I only know we have to be careful not to anthropomorphize GPT engines.
- notamy 4y ago> I only know we have to be careful not to anthropomorphize GPT engines. I agree! I don't think LLMs are at the point where they're ready to be properly anthropomorphised, but it seems that the tech industry is working hard to move in this direction. I just hope we have the ethics worked out first.