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08/06/24

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Originally posted by pintohoo: ↑

who cares? ---------- well, I don't - I consider it unimportant. But others do - particularly if they think they're 'god's creation'

I'd like to see consciousness, sentience, intellect, knowledge acquisition etc go on -

I don't have a strong argument for why though.

But, when - if it comes, that machines are the only mechanism with those kinds of characteristics -------- I see that it may not happen, because there are a few problems that I don't see how we can get around yet ---------- things like - that humans and other creatures have learned things - because they had to and most of them had to move around to exist

and in doing that - we combined with curiosity. I don't see why machines would have needs like humans - if we sit still we get hungry and our survival instinct drives us out to gather food to eat etc.

I also don't see how a machine can, at this stage - be curious. And I also, at this stage can't see how AI will do things that humans do - just because ---------- like, when we put on wire on another wire - almost without thinking - for some odd reason - to see what happens

and of course mostly we get puffs of smoke and 'oh dear' - but, sometimes we discover things

I have a suspicion that if we build machines and then, they build themselves - that if left alone - they might just sit there and merely maintain themselves waiting for some kind of input from a playful or curious entity to press a key

I think of it this way ----------- if we build a self drive car ------- although it's pretty smart ------------- it's not going to just go for a drive itself - because it wants a day out

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You're missing the point dude.
It doesn't matter what we do, it won't matter in the long term life of our planet.
We are screwed.
But the earth will be here for millions of years.
Just enjoy life ..... be glad that you are alive.
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