@realbriankemple The claim that AI can achieve consciousness or AGI/ASI is more vulnerable to criticism from first principles. Most people who make these claims are simply not qualified to do so, since these are genuine philosophical topics. So there I would agree. But this is relatively rare
@realbriankemple It is well-known that AI is fundamentally different from how the human brain works. But that hasn't stopped jobs from being replaced. The Waymo has already replaced thousands of drivers. Even if it does not reason like a human, the result is functionally equivalent
@realbriankemple You still have failed to give examples of how people today are wrong. Most people are talking about how good chatbots are certain tasks and what industries are impacted by them
@realbriankemple I read the abstracts. While interesting, they are clearly approaching the topic from a different, more abstract angle (e.g., the nature of intelligence). Most people are thinking and talking about the practical implications of LLMs and physical AI
@realbriankemple I've always liked philosophy but I'm so glad I didn't make it a career. Seems so cuckish to opine from an armchair without ever experiencing the thing
@realbriankemple You seem to think that you're more qualified to talk about the matter simply because you've written some outdated philosophical papers on it, when the thrust of modern AI has been post-2023.
@daniel_koss When the capex spend keeps having poor revenue recognition, markets start punishing. This happened to meta. It also happened in 2000. What's your best evidence that it won't happen?