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That argument only works if your audience already thinks of humans as mostly automotons…
by dartos 2y ago
That argument only works if your audience already thinks of humans as mostly automotons…
- exe34 2y agoIt's an operational definition: if you claim AI is not intelligent because it cannot do X, then you necessarily exclude a whole lot of humans who also can't do X. There used to be a strident faction that would say "but AI can't produce original art/a symphony/novel/etc". My answer was usually (correctly), "neither can you."
- dartos 2y ago> It's an operational definition: if you claim AI is not intelligent because it cannot do X, then you necessarily exclude a whole lot of humans who also can't do X. Sure, but I think most people are intelligent according to my definition, but AI is not… You’re already coming from the assumption that people are “souless automatons,” which is probably why the idea of a machine being “intelligent” is so easy for you to accept. > There used to be a strident faction that would say "but AI can't produce original art/a symphony/novel/etc". My answer was usually (correctly), "neither can you." This is a dumb apples and oranges comparison. AI as a concept is different than a concrete person. AI as a concept can do anything, it’s a conceptual placeholder for an everything machine.
- exe34 2y ago> You’re already coming from the assumption that people are “souless automatons do your people obey the laws of physics? is the soul magical or physical?
- dartos 2y agoI can’t reply to the other comment, but “soulless” was to quote the other commenter. Having a soul (whatever that might mean) holds no bearing on what I’m saying.
- exe34 2y agoagain, do they obey the laws of physics? can they decide to go against what the physical interactions in their brain guide them to do?
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