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Why do people want to claim vague terms like sentience, self-awareness, consciousness, “general” as in intelligence etc? You don’t actually clarify anything of significance and nothing if consequence happens if you do persuade anyone the label applies
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These terms matter a lot to public policy regarding AI because we use word definitions in our mental/moral heuristics. Look at how much public policy debate centers around the idea of when someone is “alive,” either at the beginning or the end of their lives.
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That’s not how/why people are making claims though. It’s not focused definitions aimed at litigating specific rights or legal questiond. It’s vague bullshit claims going nowhere.
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we can't even demonstrate that humans are sentient or self-aware, never mind software. we simply don't have the conceptual tools to do it.