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by Darthy 1203 days ago
Here's a thought: If you let ChatGPT be idle, thinking to itself, dreaming and planning, this might actually cross the boundary towards sentience - of what we would call somebody who is alive. So there might be some safety and moral concerns.
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What an interesting thought:

What makes us intelligent beyond machines is our time spent silently and introspectively thinking and dreaming in the absence of outside prompts?

If this is true, then we are certainly getting closer to an AI that surpasses us. Because while the AI might start to introspect, we humans gradually do it less and less, given that we are surrounding ourselves with more and more external prompts (information, overload, notifications, TikTok, HN…).

Why would hidingwhat it's already doing make it more sentient?