[josefritzishere]

Are there really people who think that AI is on the verge of manifesting consciousness? I feel like this is a strawman argument over marketing nonsense.

[advisedwang]

Yes, there are people who think that:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-...

[josefritzishere]

Some of the folks like Lemoine are sort of relying on a fringy definition of "conscious" or engaging in semanic arguments. Btu maybe he really beleives it. Who knows what evil lies in the hearts of men?

[stuaxo]

Unfortunately I think some of the SV types have gone mad and do actually think this.

[ieuanking]

I was just making a light acid joke :/ lmao didn’t mean to ruffle feathers