[ehsanu1]

There is likely a definitional gap here. Sentience is unnecessary for intelligence for my definition of intelligence, but agreeing on a common definition has been tough when we understand it so poorly.

I happen to also disagree with "caring" (requires definition) being relevant to sentience, defined as the ability to perceive or feel things.

[sillysaurusx]

I’m sympathetic to these arguments, but AGI to me is Data from Star Trek. I think most people would agree.

He has curiosity. The current gen of AIs don’t. They don’t even ask questions, let alone remember anything.

He has a capacity to get bored. He tries out guitar just because he wants to. He paints. He’s frustrated when the details aren’t right.

A lot of these traits are human. But that’s the whole point — we’re trying to make a wo/man in a machine.

I’ve never understood the hype, and I’m a researcher. It seems to me that there is a vast gulf between what AIs are capable of and anything that makes being human, human.

I believe they’ll get progressively better at intellectual tasks, though. That will be really disruptive.