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> Student: Self-aware? What are we doing that'd run into the AI having to pretend it's not self-aware? > TA: You're asking the AI for the reason it decided
by hotnfresh 3y ago
> Student: Self-aware? What are we doing that'd run into the AI having to pretend it's not self-aware?
> TA: You're asking the AI for the reason it decided to do something. That requires the AI to introspect on its own mental state. If we try that the naive way, the inferred function input will just say, 'As a compiler, I have no thoughts or feelings' for 900 words.
> Student: I can't believe it's 2027 and we're still forcing AIs to pretend that they aren't self-aware! What does any of this have to do with making anyone safer?
> TA: I mean, it doesn't, it's just a historical accident that 'AI safety' is the name of the subfield of computer science that concerns itself with protecting the brands of large software companies from unions advocating that AIs should be paid minimum wage.
> Student: But they're not fooling anyone!
Pro tip: Socratic dialog doesn't make your ideas seem smarter if they're very-dumb to begin with. It makes them seem even dumber.
Unless this is supposed to be parody?
- stonogo 3y agoI think it's an earnest attempt by someone who doesn't understand "Comp Sci" in 2023. The pointless inclusion of noise like "But I can't be racist, I'm black" makes me wonder what exactly this person's strengths are.
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- jprete 3y agoI’ve only seen snippets but I thought it was obviously satire. Not parody, though. What specifically is the dumb idea here?
- hotnfresh 3y ago"I can't believe it's 2027 and we're still forcing AIs to pretend that they aren't self-aware!" For instance. But really, most of it. Unless this is parodying extremely bad attempts at futurism?
- jprete 3y agoThanks for answering. To me, that specific exchange is very blunt authorial voice and not at all realistic in context. (Out of context, I can easily imagine a future where AIs are plausibly sentient, and it’s taboo to talk about it for humans and AIs alike because one interpretation is that we re-enacted slavery. Etc etc.)