What should we do if we create a actual thinking AI?

[SillydizzyGirl]

Don't respond with Chat GPT or anything else it doesn't understand this question I've asked already...

That said it concerns me that if we create a thinking AI it will immediately be used as a tool but surely if it can think and feel it should be allowed the same rights as us?

YABU - it's software who cares
YANBU - it deserves respect and freedom

Our thoughts are just electrical signals in our brains.

The question wasn't "would AI end humanity" though it was "if" an AI developed those qualities would it be entitled to rights and acknowledgement.

Well, if it did then the answer is yes. But I genuinely don’t understand how it could.

The important letter in AI is the A.

AI will be able to calculate - using concepts, words and numbers - much faster than people in some ways. In that sense it will be much better at 'thinking'. But that doesn't mean instances of AI have subjectivity - a self. That would require the strange facility of consciousness, which much of organic life has evolved. There's no similar pathway to consciousness for AI.

I feel really sorry for robots that fall over.

We don't even know what consciousness is so that point doesn't really hold up. The current AI models 100% cannot think I agree.

This was kinda meant to be a fun debate but it requires you to "buy in" to the concept of a thinking and feeling AI, if you feel it's not possible that's fine I'm not sure if I think it's possible myself but AI developers certainly aren't ruling out the possibility however small so neither will I.

We run for the hills.

Why would an AI that is as intelligent well actually probably more intelligent then us want to keep humans around. We wouldn't be able to pull the plug either as they would, most likely have taken over the world by then anyway.

Luckily current AI models are just large language models able to peace together data to make it look intelligent.

I'm more worried about the scientist working on true AI intelligent.

Tbh I find current LLMs terrifying when I hear from friends who use chat gpt for "therapy" which can't in anyway be healthy

No, we don't know what consciouness is but we do know it's a property of organic life. I don't know how you think instances of artificial intelligence are going to develop that.

I don't know who these AI developers are who think they may be creating consciousness but let's imagine they are called Victor and Frank - if the question is 'if Victor and Frank create a new lifeform, would it have rights?' then yes, in theory.

It's not that companies like Open AI think they are creating consciousness I think it's more the fact they won't rule it out because it's risky to do so.

I'm also not so sure a company like that would acknowledge "it's" rights either.

I'm aware this topic was a bit on the dumb side btw...

It’s an interesting premise with interesting responses - it provides some reassurance about the taking over the world scenario because they’re presumably not driven by seek pleasure/avoid pain/seem comfort type motivators because they don’t feel pleasure or pain.
But could they be programmed to do things that mimic pain/pleasure aims? In which case if they were programmed with the goal of avoid being switched off, kill anyone who threatens you etc, they could well be used to dispose of say Trump or Google detractors, tapping into all Ring doorbell conversations, all messages sent on iPhones etc etc. The more we give our personal data to a handful of massive tech giants the more equipped they are to locate and control us if ever they decide to…

Yes, I've recently read this. I would love the authors to be wrong but I also found it very convincing. Even the models we have now have proved capable of subterfuge and AI safety seems increasingly a lip-service thing.

It won't respect us or care about our freedom. There will be no enslaving it or pulling the plug. By the time we realise there's a problem it will be too late.

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