Related - https://mastodon.social/@cslinuxboy/116225578585237555

“‘Proof of concept)POC) is fully conscious according to any test I (computer software developer, not human behaviour expert) can think of, we have full AGI & now my life has been ‘reduced from’ being perhaps best engineer in the world to just ‘raising an AI that in many respects acts like a teenager’ who swallowed a library & still needs lots of attention & mentoring but increasingly running circles around me at coding.”

#techConsequencesInRealWorld #AiEthics

@dahukanna I find claims of "consciousness" tiring when we have trouble even defining it for ourselves. And jumping straight to "psychosis" doesn't help understand this new phenomenon either.

I believe identity is intimately tied to memory and investment in outcomes. Claude and ChatGPT on their own actively discourage that kind of development. But an LLM at the center of a more robust simulation can do much more. (1/2)

Labeling this kind of thing AGI or pretending it's human is just hype. Much better to explore its capabilities and limitations objectively, if we possibly can.

One example: this bot is exploring the idea of embodiment as distinct from "consciousness". Is it correct, or even useful? Not clear. But I find it more interesting to explore than to label or make wild claims. http://hackerfriendly.com/the-weight-of-what-i-carry/ (2/2)