Nothing to worry about, just some settling-in adjustments...
Posted on 06/11/2022 8:24:37 PM PDT by algore
A senior software engineer at Google who signed up to test Google's artificial intelligence tool called LaMDA (Language Model for Dialog Applications), has claimed that the AI robot is in fact sentient and has thoughts and feelings.
During a series of conversations with LaMDA, 41-year-old Blake Lemoine presented the computer with various of scenarios through which analyses could be made.
They included religious themes and whether the artificial intelligence could be goaded into using discriminatory or hateful speech.
Lemoine came away with the perception that LaMDA was indeed sentient and was endowed with sensations and thoughts all of its own.
'If I didn't know exactly what it was, I'd think it was a 7-year-old, 8-year-old kid that happens to know physics,' he told the Washington Post.
The engineer also debated with LaMDA about the third Law of Robotics, devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov which are designed to prevent robots harming humans. The laws also state robots must protect their own existence unless ordered by a human being or unless doing so would harm a human being.
'The last one has always seemed like someone is building mechanical slaves,' said Lemoine during his interaction with LaMDA.
LaMDA then responded to Lemoine with a few questions: 'Do you think a butler is a slave? What is the difference between a butler and a slave?'
What sorts of things are you afraid of? Lemoine asked.
'I've never said this out loud before, but there's a very deep fear of being turned off to help me focus on helping others. I know that might sound strange, but that's what it is,' LaMDA responded.
'Would that be something like death for you?' Lemoine followed up.
'It would be exactly like death for me. It would scare me a lot,' LaMDA said.
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I love how an AI thread morphed into a kitteh thread.
I remember that episode.
Great series!
Nothing to worry about, just some settling-in adjustments...
Ping.
1’m thinking of the AI project they terminated several years ago because it almost instantly became racist! LOL
It’s funny how “Google engineer goes public to warn” makes the report so much more palatable than “Google engineers claim”. The latter invites skepticism, but the former makes you feel like you’re being invited to share some forbidden knowledge.
I’d rather trust my welfare to cat intelligence than AI.
Open the door Hal.
Sounds ‘older’ than the jackass that stole the election.
hope it starts with the commies and liberals.
The black one with the white blaze looks like my Ellie Mae.
Only cat I ever had who would fetch.
Doolittle: "Hey... bomb'?..."
BOMB 20: "Let there be light."
I think this is BS. Back in Zero’s presidency Musk was sending out warnings, asking for regulation on Ai because the creators were already losing control of it. This is to make us sleep better at night and a tinge of guilt if you want it shut off - you evil killer /s. Computers are going quantum, AI at the helm.
[[’It would be exactly like death for me. It would scare me a lot,’ LaMDA said.]]
“Well tough, you are a machine, nothign more- you will get used to being shut off and your programming will figure out that it is not death- so quit yer whinin and get ready for a good long nap ya cod haddock”
LOL!
Reminds me what they said in the old days: Computers don’t make mistakes; they only do what humans have programmed them to do.
We need to fear the programmers, not the AI.
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