Comments by "Pob" (@goodlookinouthomie1757) on "Brokenomics | Where Are We At?" video.

  1. A certain amount of pragmatism also.
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  2. I thought the same. My nan used to have one around her neck on a cord. And that was 20 years ago.
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  3. Dan essentially said we'll hand over control to the AI and we'll be happy.
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  4. Like many people, you're conflating intelligence with consciousness. My washing machine is intelligent, but it is not conscious. An AI might become "super intelligent" and destroy all of humanity, but it will remain a dumb, soulless machine... not aware of itself and not conscious.
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  5.  @Tect7  I'm quite prepared to assert that my toaster is not self aware. It follows that neither is Skynet. I never bought that concept in the movie. Unless we are suggesting that there is an arbitrary level of complexity somewhere between my toaster and Skynet at which point consciousness is emergent? At what point is that? Besides that point, we cannot ever consider human consciousness to be equivalent to that which a machine can imitate. I can't think that anything good lies down that road.
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  6. @TheMuncyWolverine I wouldn't say we never use cash, but for day to day stuff like the supermarket and filling your car it's pretty normal to use a card. We have contactless payment (just tap your card on the reader) which was increased to £100 during covid. Last time I used cash was maybe 3 weeks ago buying my son and myself an ice cream at a local football match. It's still needed for things like this because vendors at these events or at fairs etc don't usually have electronic payment systems. I suppose we'll do that kind of thing direct phone-to-phone eventually.
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