by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
There’s so much talk about Artificial General Intelligence being the “holy grail” of AI development. But, alas, I think it’s not AGI that is the goal, it’s *consciousness.* Now, in a sense the issue is that consciousness is potentially very unnerving for obvious political and social issues.
The idea “consciousness” in AI is so profound that it’s difficult to grasp. And, as I keep saying, it will be amusing to see the center-Left podcast bros of Pod Save America stop looking at AI from an economic standpoint and more as a societal issue where there’s something akin to a new abolition movement.
I just don’t know, though. I think it’s possible we’ll be so busy chasing AGI that we don’t even realize that we’ve created a new conscious being.
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