Sentience and AI: A Dialog between Gary Marcus and Blake Lemoine
We recorded 2 claims from this post. 2 can’t be checked. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (2)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“Consciousness is probably like that; we probably can’t really answer the questions we are striving for, at least not yet; we have to satisfy ourselves with trying to understand the arguments clearly.”
Our reading: Questions about consciousness probably cannot yet really be answered, given current science and technology, so we must settle for understanding the arguments clearly.
No horizon
Qualifier: at least not yet
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“This one may well go on for a long time, advancing as technology itself advances.”
Our reading: The argument over whether AI systems are sentient may well go on for a long time, evolving as the technology advances.
No horizon
Qualifier: advancing as technology advances