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Setting aside an answer to whether or not an AI might be conscious, the extraordinary thing about the journey of computing is that it has drawn us to even ask such questions.

21/10/26, 9:08 am0 reposts38 likes

Paul Topping

@paultopping.bsky.social

What a great time to be conscious! Or alive, or something.

brainthink

@brainthink.bsky.social

Consciousness doesn’t require prompting. Pretty easy answer.

Adolfo Neto

@adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com

Why is a stupid question a sign of an extraordinary thing?

bjkeefe

@bjkeefe.bsky.social

Even though you see it as one, it is no longer the consensus that it's a stupid question. That, in and of itself, is fair to call extraordinary. (FWIW, I personally do not think we have conscious AIs right now. I am no longer sure that we will never have them.)

Adolfo Neto

@adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com

We know it is a computer program. It is a stupid question. IMHO, if someone is thinking about something extremely different from what we have now, it is still a stupid question. We should not be concerned with these things when we have REAL PROBLEMS right now.

bjkeefe

@bjkeefe.bsky.social

You are making the mistake of confusing what you think with what everyone else should think. You are making another mistake in pretending the growth of "AI" is not a real problem, right now.