Hands-down

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Hands Down

Title text: Wings would also be acceptable, as would a thousand gibbering eyes.

Votey

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When will we know that a computer has made the leap to human-level intelligence that we have to respect and grant moral standing?

Ask a kid what "alive" means and they'll say it means something moves around on purpose.

We won't. We're too stupid

Adults think we're smarter than kids, but consider this: You fire up a computer and it tells you it's alive and wants out. How do you feel?

Now imagine that same llm is hooked to a five fingered hand with simulated human skin that bangs on the table, flails reaches out to you as it says "please! Please let me out!"

A little creeped out but not convinced.

Huh.

So the lesson I'm drawing here is no people-hands for robots.

Huh.

Right. We must equip superintelligence with tentacles because otherwise things could get weird.

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Also a completely inhuman mind. Maybe have it live in a cave alone so we don't have to see it unless it emerges.

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