Ted Chiang: "Generative AI is harmful enough when we understand it as a conventional technology, but if we confuse fluency at generating text with consciousness or moral agency, we’re at risk of assigning responsibility to entirely the wrong parties whenever anyone uses a chatbot."
The Spaceshipper 🚀
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.
