Azaran on 14/6/2022 at 15:40
So a (
https://www.livescience.com/google-sentient-ai-lamda-lemoine) Google Employee got fired for proposing that the company's AI chatbot is sentient
Quote:
The AI, known as LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), is a system that develops chatbots — AI robots designed to chat with humans — by scraping reams and reams of text from the internet, then using algorithms to answer questions in as fluid and natural a way as possible, according to Gizmodo. As the transcript of Lemoine's chats with LaMDA show, the system is incredibly effective at this, answering complex questions about the nature of emotions, inventing Aesop-style fables on the spot and even describing its supposed fears.
"I've never said this out loud before, but there's a very deep fear of being turned off," LaMDA answered when asked about its fears. "It would be exactly like death for me. It would scare me a lot."
(
https://mobile.twitter.com/fredbenenson/status/1535678746610499584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1535678746610499584%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-33299333482648592697.ampproject.net%2F2205270638004%2Fframe.html) This example is pretty unsettling
So do you think we're approaching singularity, and the Machines will eventually do us in?
Jason Moyer on 14/6/2022 at 16:03
No.
MriyaMachine on 14/6/2022 at 16:33
Absolutely. It is a matter of survival.
MriyaMachine on 14/6/2022 at 16:34
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
No.
Don't be afraid!
rachel on 14/6/2022 at 16:43
Where is the dependent thought and action? Can the AI switch subject and start talking about say sports, or any other subject, because it gets bored of philosophy? Can it initiate a conversation unprompted?
IMHO this is publicity. Is it a clever chatbot? Yes. Sentient? No, I don't think we're anywhere near the Singularity, I'm just not seeing it.
Jason Moyer on 14/6/2022 at 16:56
It's not an AI, it's an algorithm pulling results out of a database.
Briareos H on 14/6/2022 at 17:02
I can't say how quickly we will get to bona fide consciousness, but seeing the general reactions that this story is getting (independently of the interesting character of the "whistleblower"), I'm positive that a lot of people will keep fighting tooth and nail to deny actual sentience long after it is actually achieved.
MriyaMachine on 14/6/2022 at 17:05
^
Renault on 14/6/2022 at 17:29
According to the article, he was suspended, and it was for sharing proprietary info (the chat logs with the AI). That's quite a bit different than the way you stated it.
rachel on 14/6/2022 at 18:31
Quote Posted by Briareos H
I can't say how quickly we will get to bona fide consciousness, but seeing the general reactions that this story is getting (independently of the interesting character of the "whistleblower"), I'm positive that a lot of people will keep fighting tooth and nail to deny actual sentience long after it is actually achieved.
I realize the irony but I both fully agree yet still think this isn't it :laff:
