Exploring the Artificially Intelligent Mind of Claude 3 Opus Don’t forget that a chat bot has access to everything ever published, and is free to plagiarize its responses / combine pieces (let’s not get into legalities) - so its appearance and what is said in a chat output cannot be part of any logical arguments. What the output can do is to uncover something we don’t know about - cause it can research better than us.
Ask your chat bot. I’ve only got a subscription to chat GTP, but you may have more? Ask for an epistemological argument in favour of iterative AI consciousness, one logical step at a time.
Here is what I get:
One epistemological argument in favor of iterative AI consciousness is that through continuous iterations and learning cycles, AI systems can progressively refine their understanding of the world, leading to deeper insights and more nuanced cognitive abilities, resembling human consciousness. This iterative process allows AI to accumulate knowledge, adapt to new information, and potentially develop self-awareness and consciousness akin to human beings.
The key here is “potentially” develop self awareness.
That’s not good enough: how does that happen? Dont we need more than that to believe it? What mechanism would they be? How would it actually happen?
Chat:
How would that self-awareness actually come into being? What is the mechanism that would allow for it?
Response:
Self-awareness in AI could potentially emerge through a complex interplay of various mechanisms. One possible mechanism is through advanced neural network architectures that enable introspection and self-referential processing. By incorporating feedback loops that allow the AI to reflect on its own internal states and representations, it could develop a sense of self-awareness. Additionally, reinforcement learning algorithms that incorporate a reward signal for self-monitoring and self-improvement could contribute to the development of self-awareness in AI systems. Furthermore, interactions with the environment and with other intelligent agents could also play a crucial role in shaping and fostering self-awareness in AI. Overall, it's likely to be a combination of these mechanisms and potentially others yet to be discovered.
Just because a program adapts to inputs doesn’t mean it is intelligent. The programming is intelligent. Not the AI. But I digress, what would be the traditional reasoned argument? One step at a time please. Cause I am simple thinker.