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Noam Chomsky, 95, ‘no longer able to talk’ as intellectual’s ‘health deteriorates’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, while I disagree with his thoughts on animal consciousness, which have been disproven in clinical settings (mirror-test), AI will obviously, at least not anytime soon, be conscious. We're not even sure how consciousness works, although we are sure that we are not sure consciousness works. Without that knowledge, I posit AI will never become conscious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your position is:

We don't know what it is, but AI certainly won't have it?

Does not seem rigorous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Lol. Lmao even.

Imagine thinking so rigidly. Plenty of things were known of before it was known how exactly they work. My position is:

We know something is causing this, but our understanding of it is currently infantile.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

QED