Post #1929344
2026-05-02 21:17 UTC
I get the feeling that research is circling around consciousness arising from quantum effects inside nerve cells. If it's not that, and it's just an emergent property of complex neural networks, then:
- smaller animals are less conscious (note, I'm not saying intelligent) than humans, and
- we are all fucked, because AI definitely is/will become conscious, and when that happens Terminator will come true.
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@Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2026-05-03 00:48
Four year old humans are definitely conscious. I used to be four, and I can remember being conscious. If we build a mechanical four year old, I don't see any reason that thing is going to take over the world. Unless it turns out like Calvin.