Great article that gave me a lot to mull over about why AI consciousness is so ludicrous AND so attractive as a concept
Also includes this baller line: "Faking the moon landing is a good step toward faking a Mars colony, but it’s not a good step toward actually putting astronauts on Mars."
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Ted Chiang is brilliant. He takes the question of AI consciousness to its logical conclusion—really a must-read, right down to the last word:
www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
