I don't think AI is sentient but what is intelligence if not pattern recognition and applying learned patterns to novel situations

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vinzenzu 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Fair point, I'd call that intelligent behavior. AI is and will always be advanced math. But some might say the brain is no different, merely being advanced chemistry and physics. At that point, the discussion will become philosophical. But in my view, there is more to humans than a brain-robot-machine. The world is not just material and atoms, I don't believe in materialism. If consciousness truly only arises because of how complex the closed system of the brain is, then it would be the case that AI can have a mind of its own and become conscious. I simply disagree.

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bananaflag 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, well just say that outright from the start. People have a lot of AI arguments that ultimately boil down to non-materialism but for some reason tend to hide that. Maybe they don't feel comfortable arguing for it.

Disclaimer: I am a materialist.

	▲	Analemma_ 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		One of the eye-opening developments of the last six months as AI consciousness has become a mainstream question is noting that, when push comes to shove, it seems like many more people than I realized are dualists and believe an immortal soul is required to have consciousness and intelligence. And as you said, like in the case above they are evasive about this at first and only admit it when pressed.