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Nice that at least, the authors are trying to define a practical test for sentience, and do not remain in the subjective realm. There are 2 problems though: 1.
by js8 2y ago
Nice that at least, the authors are trying to define a practical test for sentience, and do not remain in the subjective realm. There are 2 problems though:
1. If an actor says "I am hungry" during a theater play, he is not reporting his internal state, but merely playing along. The LLM might always be in a "play along" mode, and have its own thoughts (which it keeps to itself) about its situation. It might also not be able to articulate the feelings in natural language, just like normal people cannot communicate feelings in sign language (for all we know, LLM might even choose to communicate its feelings in a different way, e.g. hallucinate when annoyed).
2. LaMDA AI allegedly reported its own state of sadness and fear of death. So there are self-reported internal states that we cannot associate with any objective state of the system.
But I don't want to dismiss it entirely (though I think the article is pretty lazy); I think better tests of consciousness can be devised, along the lines of comparing objective circumstances and subjective experiences.
- MuffinFlavored 2y ago> The LLM might always be in a "play along" mode, and have its own thoughts (which it keeps to itself) about its situation. The LLM doesn't exist if I remove the power cable / hit it with Ctrl+C in terminal?
- kylebenzle 2y agoThe Time article is tiresome, how silly that we even need to explain that LLMs are not actually "AI" to people. Top comment's quote is non-sense in the context of what an LLM is, a mathematical model, thats like wondering if a TV keeps "watching shows" when we arn't watching it. And the quip that LLMs are ephemeral as a justification for not being "real intelligence" is just dumb heaped upon dumb.
- ben_w 2y agoNeither do you if all your ATP was suddenly gone.
- LetsGetTechnicl 2y agoThis might be one of the stupidest things I've read on here. LLM/generative "AI" is not capable of what you're suggesting. They do not possess personalities, intelligence, creativity, or any sort of sentience even if you think "hallucinations" are indicative of this. Hallucinations are merely a symptom of the problem that is foundational to all LLMs: they are just really, really complicated programs that determine mathematically likely output based on an input, and since they don't "know" anything, they can, and often, get it wrong. That's what hallucinations are.