There's a general scientific consensus based on data and measurement, with the understanding that it's slippery
It is constantly under assault from those who want AI to be conscious, because they get a headline, or they are true believers in some technocratic future, or they're just fantasists
It's shit
Lemmy is not bad, but the great hope is the resurrection of Digg
The trick will be to keep the incels and RWNJs at bay
There are already a number of nazi apologists among the early adopters, waiting for it to go live
It's a shame that the techy types have so many horrible people in their number
Israel won't care until the west stops funding them
Stop supplying them with weapons
Stop condemning them but still giving them money
Prosecute them for the war crimes they're committing, and make them pay
They know that nobody will actually stop them, because they can claim to be victims of antisemitism, a drum they will beat forever, regardless of whether it's valid or not
The rest of the world is now cowed because of a bronze age fairytale
I agree that there's a general consensus about consciousness, the rest slips into the messy and pointless world of philosophy
It's still overreaching to think that it applies to AI as it currently, and foreseeably stands
There's a world of difference between AI and what's recognised as artificial general intelligence
AI can do specific things really well at the moment, but as with all complex systems, going from being good at one thing to many things is a leap far greater than the sum of its parts
There is still no good definition for what "consciousness" is
Tech writers are constantly overreaching because they're afraid to miss out on being the first to say something
The constant sensationalism just means that if something really happens, people will ignore it because we're sick of hearing people cry "wolf!"
Add to that the fact that computery types like to overextrapolate into other things because it fuels their fantasies, and it's all bullshit and overactive imaginations
The problem I see so often with smart computer people is that they don't understand that they don't know shit about other things
Only by 'Murican standards, I assure you
It was always very American, and right wing
But it definitely took a turn to the absolutely shitty
Of course, most of the users are yanks, so they really won't notice
I'm carrying marshmallows everywhere I go, in hope
I dunno, maybe
Hopefully.
I live in Australia,
I was unaware of your regional differences with that word!
We use it to describe all of you
Now convince a jury of stupid, ignorant yanks of that.
Edit: I live in Australia
To us, you're all "Seppos"
Septic-Tank>Yank
I never used any social until a few years ago
I watched reddit slip from right-wing to "genuinely quite concerning"
From outside the US, it was always right-wing, despite the cries of the bots, incels and trolls, but it deteriorated really quickly
There's already a few obvious agitators on the new Digg platform, so hopefully when it goes live for real they don't get a foothold
I have low expectations though...
It was a country created to give the west a permanent influence in the middle east
It made sense to put bullies and thugs at the helm, and nothing had changed since then
Israel is not a legitimate state and never was