But other AI experts say that it’s far too soon to determine anything of the sort.
“Neither of these is present in current AI.”
Sutskever has previously warned that super-smart AI could cause problems.
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MIT computer scientistTamay Besirogludefended Sutskever in a Tweet.
What Is Consciousness?
Even determining whether something is conscious can be tricky.
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AI researcherSneh Vaswanitold Lifewire in an email that consciousness has multiple stages.
AI has made “decent inroads” into the first stages, he said.
He contends that self-awareness is the comprehension of one’s self as a conscious entity.
“We’ll achieve larger goals together, and AI will seamlessly blend into our world.”
Some AI experts say that the very concept of conscious AI is more sci-fi than reality.
