return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat are some tech predictions for 2024 that actually could happen?message-squaremessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down18
arrow-up1144arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some tech predictions for 2024 that actually could happen?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squareWhiteHawk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·9 months agoThe problem is actually testing for self awareness. We’re not even sure what makes humans self-aware or whether certain animals are. How will we actually know that AI has reached self-awareness?
minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoHow do you know humans are self aware? Maybe it’s just you and everyone else is an organic robot.
minus-squareWhiteHawk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI don’t know for certain, of course, but it seems like the most likely explanation that all other humans are like me in that regard.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoAnd would we even believe it if it told us?
minus-squareWhiteHawk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoThat has already happened, so no, we wouldn’t.
The problem is actually testing for self awareness. We’re not even sure what makes humans self-aware or whether certain animals are. How will we actually know that AI has reached self-awareness?
How do you know humans are self aware? Maybe it’s just you and everyone else is an organic robot.
I don’t know for certain, of course, but it seems like the most likely explanation that all other humans are like me in that regard.
And would we even believe it if it told us?
That has already happened, so no, we wouldn’t.