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Cake day: July 20th, 2023

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  • Well no one can prove they have a mind to anyone other than themselves.

    And to extend that, there’s obviously a way for electrical information processing to give rise to consciousness. And no one knows how that could be possible.

    Meaning something like a true, alien AI would probably conclude that we are not conscious and instead are just very intelligent meat computers.

    So, while there’s no reason to believe that current AI models could result in consciousness, no one can prove the opposite either.

    I think the argument currently boils down to, “we understand how AI models work, but we don’t understand how our minds work. Therefore, ???, and so no consciousness for AI”


  • Everyone can only do the best they can. Anyone who expects everyone to have zero impact is an idiot. Even a salad involved death and cruelty somewhere (animals caught in farm equipment, underpaid immigrant farmers who get abandoned if injured, etc).

    So really, all you can do in your life if you care about these things is minimize your impact as much as you can based on what you know.

    Similar to people who value giving to charity. Do they give all of their spare money to charity? No and no one should expect them to. Just giving anything to charity regularly has a positive impact and the whole “you’re not doing enough” does much more damage than good.

    Reminds me of vegetarians/vegans. I’m not really either, but I don’t eat meat. And I’m just happy when I hear people say they want to eat less meat. Whereas most people who are against meat are only happy if someone else is also against it completely.