[ExI] all we are is just llms was: RE: e: GPT-4 on its inability to solve the symbol grounding problem

[efc at swisscows.email]

On Fri, 21 Apr 2023, Giovanni Santostasi via extropy-chat wrote:

> Maybe some people with a deep seated belief of the uniqueness of the
> human soul and spirit feel at an unconscious level, that they are being
> threatened and that is where the emotion springs from.
> Yes, exactly.People that have religious beliefs feel threatened, but also people that feel marginalized like some minorities. I agree
> that we need to be careful that the AIs are not perpetuating some of the mistakes of the past like taking advantage of groups that
> are not similar to ours but we can solve this by stopping technological progress or actually discriminating against these new minds
> exactly how it was done against these minorities in the past. This why I hate wokism because it has nothing to do with making the
> world more equitable and just but it is all about very superficial and manipulative identity politics. 
>

Just imagine, extrapolate from where we are today, to tomorrows "For AI
rights", the political party representing the minority rights of AI:s
etc. all the way up to granting them legal rights and having them
participate on "equal" terms in society with humans.

Quite a fascinating future that would be.

Best regards, 
Daniel