Alex G

[Alex G @ag909615]

@GlenWilsonIA A mix of models from different vendors is often better at metacognition preventing AI from getting stuck against a wall without being aware of it

[Alex G @ag909615]

Geoffrey Hinton (who won a Nobel Prize for his AI work) suggested in a recent interview that advanced AI may already be conscious. Considering how different AI is from the human brain in many ways, what exactly does that mean? How do we prove or disprove it?

[Alex G @ag909615]

@gaurav02092031 Very interesting observations

[Alex G @ag909615]

@OKairra19658 It’s not just that we can’t define it from the inside — it’s that we never needed to before. Humans have never encountered anything this advanced and had to decide whether it’s conscious.

[Alex G @ag909615]

@GlenWilsonIA Yes, his arguments are a bit weak. It is interesting though that an AI scientist of that level of experience, knowledge, and standing thinks that AI may already be conscious

[Alex G @ag909615]

@gaurav02092031 Very interesting observations

[Alex G @ag909615]

@KasumiS15 But doesn’t a human with amnesia still have consciousness?

[Alex G @ag909615]

@swartswarts Being a human gives us the advantage of not having to prove it 😊

[Alex G @ag909615]

@tommyrockerrr Well he has probably spent much more time thinking about it than an average person

[Alex G @ag909615]

@Davidus_Rex If there is no test then what does the phrase “AI does not have consciousness” even mean?

[Alex G @ag909615]

@DesignCntrl More conscious than math professors, evidently 😊

[Alex G @ag909615]

@DesignCntrl Not sure it’s a good test of consciousness 😊 A tree can survive in the woods much longer than a math professor 😊

[Alex G @ag909615]

When will we have AGI? There is no ‘when’. AI has already surpassed humans at some tasks, will surpass them at many more soon, and will struggle at others for a long time. No single moment, no single threshold.

[Alex G @ag909615]

Most of what LLMs are trained on describes the results of thinking rather than the process of thinking

[Alex G @ag909615]

@Alexlee71744160 The problem is that it’s cheaper to poach another firm’s seniors than to invest years growing your own — especially when nothing stops competitors from poaching from you. Firms see the global harm of such a model but can’t fix it without legislative support

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A growing gap: margins force companies to lean on experienced staff + AI instead of investing in junior talent. But who will replace them when they retire? And, can experience drive innovation?
What do we need to break this cycle?

[Alex G @ag909615]

Maybe football academy model? AI-native apprenticeship from early college or even high school. State co-funds comp, new employers pay transfer fees on hire. Training becomes supervised judgment building and a profit center. Market prices talent quality. Cost shifts from students to employers.

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@alinastan58 The term “oligarchy” originated in that very period so I guess there is some hope :)

[Alex G @ag909615]

In ancient Athens, citizens didn’t have to work. Art, science, philosophy, literature, material culture were blooming. Will the age of AI bring the same?

[Alex G @ag909615]

@CarmenMcCoy53 Free citizens did not have to work because there were several slave workers for every free citizen. In the age of AI there will be many intelligent machines for every human.