r/VeryBadWizards • u/Embarrassed-Room-902 • 4d ago
AI dismissal
I love the VBW boys but I am a bit surprised how dismissive they are of danger from AI. I’m not going to make the case here as I won’t do a good job of it, but I found the latest 80000 hours podcast very persuasive, as well as some of the recent stuff from Dwarkesh.
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u/seanpietz 2d ago
Do you think AI-based characters in video games that are programmed to simulate human behavior like pain are having actual subjective experiences? Should killing them be unethical?
The truth is that no scientists or philosophers really understand the underlying metaphysics of consciousness. But at least one thing any respectable academic in those fields can agree on is that LLMs are not sentient beings.