Comments by "Hallands Menved" (@Hallands.) on "Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris" video.

  1. I hold there a flaw in this discussion: Intelligence is equated with awareness. Or perhaps it's implicitly assumed that self awareness is a function of higher intelligence? But neither is true. I fx do not believe that any kind of artificial intelligence can ever become self aware! Therefore the true discussion should still be "will we use AI to destroy ourselves", meaning that they may be used recklessly in war fare or production or lawmaking or something yet unimaginable - but stil only because we give them certain ill conceived goals, purposes or intentions. Or take the example of the "AIs improving their own intelligence". A very dubious concert since they can't have any concept of what that would mean. Without self awareness, they'd still simply be restricted to improve the tasks defined as their original "motivation" or gratification pattern. The only "risk" in developing AIs is that it becomes impossible for humans to ignore the huge difference between "intelligence" and "awareness". So I say again: "Awareness is not a product of any-thing!" It is the actual function of the ghost in the machine, but not just some ghost! It the actual Holy Ghost present in any and all self aware, living creature. Until someone demonstrates an indisputably self aware machine, which I sincerely suspect will be round about never, I believe we should focus ourselves on debating our own lack of reverence for The Awareness. A machine can think, no doubt about it. But can it know that it's doing this? I think not...
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