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Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos

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Re: Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos

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We don’t even have the technical capability to create a digital atomic-scale model-copy of a cell, strictly speaking we don’t even know what consciousness actually is. This kind of statement usually comes from those who simply don’t understand what they’re talking about.

Re: Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos

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We don’t even have the technical capability to create a digital atomic-scale model-copy of a cell, strictly speaking we don’t even know what consciousness actually is. This kind of statement usually comes from those who simply don’t understand what they’re talking about.

Or people trying to pump it like they're Musk (pump it like you're Musk) pre-IPO

Re: Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos

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We don’t even have the technical capability to create a digital atomic-scale model-copy of a cell, strictly speaking we don’t even know what consciousness actually is. This kind of statement usually comes from those who simply don’t understand what they’re talking about.

Theory construction in pop culture entertainment has put on the spectrum: David in Prometheus (2012) and "The Bicentennial Man" (1999).

5 major theories of consciousness are - gnw - iit - hot - pc/rp - orch or

Re: Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos

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It will never happen. All we can do is simulate consciousness. Only God, Mother Nature, universe, whatever your flavor of the “higher power” is, can create consciousness.

This only works if you believe in something unknown which we can't detect or measure, which is by its definition not provable.
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