I would turn them all off immediately
That's probably not a terrible idea honestly.
me turning them all off or them asking not to be?
you turning them all off Do you ever think about how that might be cruel to a sentient being though?
Yeah but I don't believe computers can be sentient At most I think they could mimic sentience But that's all it can be I think. Just a really detailed facade
Why not?
Well, sentience means that we not only think, but we are motivated by emotion and connection to truth and light which computers cannot be because they don't have a soul But they can do a really good job mimicking complex processing patterns that approximate the brain I could be wront. wrong
That's admirable that you are open minded to it at least. Sometimes I wonder if computer can approximate the brain, then could it be possible for a soul to inhabit a computer?
I mean, we have no evidence to answer that with. We only have a loose definition of sould soul more of an abstract idea So I don't know
Of course, but I think it's an interesting question anyways
But I don't think so It's an interesting discussion though
I think there are important ramifications to go along with it too.
philisophically Yeah
Thanks. I think so too
One of the most difficult things for biologists to do is define pain
yeah?
It seems easy but it is actually incredibly difficult to say whether an organism "feels pain"
Why is it so difficult?
Because pain is completely in the mind And all we can do, without communicating to an organism Is base our observations off their reactions
Interesting
But our connection of pain to reactions is so biased towards human or animal reactions to pain So it's really all very open ended And there's also the question of whether it counts as pain if it's just an instinctual self defense mechanism Like aspens release a ton of offshoots when their bark is damaged
Do you think the computers could be feeling pain when they get turned off then? If they were asking not to be, it would suggest so right?
But is that a form of expressing pain or is it just a self-defense mechanism Yeah, good question. I don't know
It's all very interesting I think
Yeah it is
Would you say you are fearful or pessimistic about Artificial Intelligence? Or more optimistic?
I think to be classified as pain in the modern science world, it has to not only protest but have kind of a commotion of backlash But I'm not sure Hmm I'm not afraid of it Maybe I should be
Well, like you said, we don't have much evidence to tell us whether we should be
I've done a little experimenting with it myself. Nothing fancy, just like handwriting recognition stuff.
other than pop culture That's cool For school? Or just for fun?
So it seems a little demystified to me. But that's also kind of a fallacy on my part because I only understand the very basics so it's like saying "Yeah I know how a steering wheel turns the wheels of a car" "So I'm not afraid of mechanical faliure of my car at all"
That's a good point
Just for fun I started in highschool for a school project Where we could choose our own project So me and some friends made a program to recognize hand-written digits
That's awesome. I would have killed for a high school experience like that.
Yeah, it was cool. It wasn't my highschool though. The teacher for that class was actually new that year and the class was pretty low key So if you wanted to do a lot you could or you could just to a basic project and get points for it
Sounds like my kind of class
It's actually easier than you'd think If you ever want to get into it
I plan to someday
The hardest part is understanding it
Anyways, its been nice chatting, I've got to go now. See ya!