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Artificial intelligence means making a computer do something that appears clever to humans. Fully general artificial intelligence remains an elusive and far-off goal; but many relatively 'intelligent' behaviors are now common even from consumer devices, for instance, recognizing a human face or playing a difficult game of chess.

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On a reductionist/functionalist account of consciousness, would we have ethical obligations toward robots?

If consciousness arises from specific functions instantiated by physical systems, consider a robot with functions mirroring those found in carbon-based life, particularly in humans. Would this imply ...
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Justice and general intelligence systems? [closed]

In a world of general intelligence systems. If an AI causes an accident how is justice served? This maybe due to the overlook of a human who is no longer there. And the reason for that would be it was ...
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How is AI changing our view of consciousness? [closed]

Consciousness doesn't reveal itself except through behaviour. We can't see others' minds, but we can hear their voice and what they say. This leads the observer to conclude that their interlocutor has ...
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AI paradox in DKIW hierarchy [closed]

You can check this link for basic info. (Note: 'data', 'information', 'knowledge' and 'widsom' words will be mention as shortened with first letters in this question.) In summary: D is the basis of W....
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Looking for reading recommendations: Theories of right/justice that safeguard against having one's job automated?

Can anyone recommend any books or articles on AI automation of jobs? Specifically, books that develop or discuss a theory of right and then apply it to the question of whether we should let job ...
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Is non-deterministic automated reasoning a viable strategy for solving problems in mathematical logic?

EDIT 2023/10/06 There are objections that this is too technical to be philosophy, and while I've seen questions on this forum go far beyond what I'm asking here in set theory, computability theory, ...
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Why are humans and AI often treated differently in cases where they perform nearly identical processes?

With respect to AI, some people appear to have an objection to the idea of feed[ing an] AI with other people's works and then claim[ing] all the output as yours. Let's create the following ...
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When is a subject position in a discourse antagonistic with others?

Just trying to relate my ladybird book of Foucault knowledge (though I've read him) to chat-gpt. When is a subject position in a discourse antagonistic with others? When is an LLM that is more ...
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Can AI make aesthetic judgments?

I'm guessing AI could maybe be used to determine the simplest solution, and I think it can clearly be used to check when a proof works. But can AI make aesthetic judgments? If so, then it may well end ...
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Are there forms of judgment or intelligence which include the capacity to disobey?

Are there forms of judgment or intelligence which include the capacity to disobey? Ideally, AI will lack this, but then does that mean its intelligence is lacking anything?
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If it doesn't matter to you whether something is AI, then do you matter?

If it doesn't matter to you whether something is AI, then do you matter? I won't bother clarifying every inference (there's a few) that is being made there, if only because the conclusion is very ...
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Does capability design force a re-eximantion of anonymity?

Following up on this recent question and generalizing, let's consider capability-oriented design. In this framing, a capability is a communicable token of authority; possession of a capability is ...
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Do ChatGPT and other AI bots force a rethinking of anonymity?

Many of the posts regarding AI mention the same issue regarding AI Bots: "Online, I can't tell the difference between a human and machine response. I don't see a solution to this problem that ...
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Can the Chinese room argument be used to make a case for dualism?

Suppose you have a conscious AI and you run its code by hand on a piece of paper. Would that AI still be conscious? If not, what is it about transistors that breathes life into an otherwise soulless ...
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Is AI capable of Hofstadter's anology?

In the book Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought, Hofstadter argues that analogy is a fundamental mechanism of neurocognition. Now, I've been ...
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When does simulating something produce a real effect of that thing?

I was just listening to an interview with David Chalmers where he opined that if one could accurately simulate the brain, consciousness would arise in the simulation. Are there any other instances ...
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I prompt an AI into generating something; who created it: me, the AI, or the AI's author?

I've been struggling with this question recently: Question: I prompt an AI into generating something; who created it? I can think of arguments in quite a few directions: I created it: The AI is an ...
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Is there a mathematical grounding for functionalism?

Take the sep definition of functionalism: Functionalism in the philosophy of mind is the doctrine that what makes something a mental state of a particular type does not depend on its internal ...
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How do concepts like human rights apply to an Artificial Intelligence agent?

Say one day we have created an artificial intelligence (AI) agent with self conscious and capable of thinking in a loop of thought under bounded rationality just like humans do... As human can inject ...
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Anthropomorphism and AI

The human brain and computer based AI are vastly different systems. Although both may perform similar functions, the mechanisms are different: one is purely electrical and assembled, the other is ...
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Is Rule-Based Machine Learning an Example of Inductive Logic in the Philosophical Sense?

Human beings are capable of deciding upon rules based on intuitions and observations their neurons presumably provide (certainly metaphysical presumptuous). According to WP, this is inductive ...
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How many isolated concept clusters are there?

Let me start by explaining what I mean by an isolated concept cluster. It is often remarked that you can't define any moral term without using other moral terms. For example, you can define obligation ...
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Does the computational theory of mind explain anything?

In science, when you theorize that X reduces to Y, you propose a theory that links X and Y in some causal way. Physicists don't just say, "What you experiences as a gas is really a swarm of fast-...
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What are the ramifications of an AI Bot passing a legal competency test?

The criteria for judging competence to stand trial was articulated in the 1960 Supreme Court decision Dusky v. United States. Dusky states that to be competent to stand trial, a defendant must have a “...
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What philosophies will support the idea that smarter is better?

Whether its natural or artificial, intelligence is economically expensive for businesses thst need intelligence to provide a good or service (Is AI a good that provides a service?) . Given all the ...
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The framing problem and "what breathes fire into our equations"?

So I've been pondering about a problem in artificial intelligence [frame problem and relevance realization][1] The frame problem refers to the fact that organisms must be able to zero in on relevant ...
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Are there any clear differences between the contributions of an AI bot and a human being to fora like Stack Exchange?

I perform the same tasks an AI Bot does when answering questions here: I go online and make sure that my answer can be validated online as a self-check. Is there a practical difference between me and ...
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What is the leading (most popular) account of intelligence amongst philosophers and/or artificial intelligence researchers?

I'm aware that AI systems are typically considered to be 'systems which act logically', but this is just a workable definition. I'm looking for something akin to a theory of intelligence. Something ...
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AI’s reflection of the Collective Unconscious

I’m very new to philosophy, only having read some Emerson and currently loving Kierkegaard, so I apologize in advance if this isn’t the right place to ask this or if it’s a very rudimentary question. ...
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Artificial intelligence ChatGPT said that solipsism is true. Any evidence of solipsism?

A user on Reddit was told by the artificial intelligence ChatGPT that solipsism is true. Why did he say that? Is there any evidence of solipsism that ChatGPT knows about? Should ChatGPT be trusted or ...
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The Leibniz - Turing Dilemma

The Turing Test is basically the idea that when (a) computer and a human can't be differentiated, that computer is an AI. Identity of Indiscernibles boils down to if A is indistinguishable from B then ...
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Inverted conversation with OpenAI ChatGPT leads to emotional feelings of the AI [closed]

This conversation I had with the greatest artificial intelligence of language processing was fascinating, and it's not over yet. The text is long, the conversation is very deep, but for those who are ...
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The Turing-Asimov Dilemma

The Turing Test is a simple test devised by Alan Turing to check for AI. If a machine is able to fool a human into believing it's a human then that machine is AI. The 3 Laws of Robotics were laid down ...
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Tracing a possibly invented quotation (Adorno?)

SE has quite rightly banned, for now, "answers" generated by ChatGPT -- but this is a question derived from there. Here is the session we had, with me setting it up with an Arendt quotation:...
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Can AI image generators be used as an aide to conceptual analysis?

Within the last few months, AI image generators such as craiyon (the one I've been using) have proliferated and then been used to generate all sorts of sometimes funny, sometimes compelling imagery. ...
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Do you think a program could understand our world and explore beyond? [closed]

New to StackExchange ! The question is very abstract, sorry for that. I was wondering if it was possible for a program to understand our world. What I mean by "understand" is that it could ...
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Are neural networks in machine learning conscious according to the integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness?

Would proponents of the integrated information theory of consciousness consider neural networks in machine learning to be conscious?
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Gpt-3 and Chomsky

Why does Chomsky assert that GPT-3 is not a language model ? video here at 1:12:00
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The person in the Chinese Room Argument is a strong AI

For those who don't know, here is a description of the Chinese Room Argument. The argument is essentially that even if an AI may give the impression of being intelligent because they answer questions ...
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Reincarnation as the "lottery ticket hypothesis" in neural networks?

Excuse if this is not the right place for posing this question: I am not an expert in any of these areas, just an idea that came to my mind which I wanted to discuss: The lottery ticket hypothesis for ...
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Intelligence as a prerequisite for consciousness/sentience?

Google engineer Blake Lemoine recently made headlines by claiming that he thought Google's LaMDA conversational AI was sentient, based on his interactions with it. (E.g.: https://www.wired.com/story/...
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How to distinguish the species of „real“ persons from the species of simulated persons?

Today I learned from an academic talk given by Prof. Gilles Brassard (Montreal): In the context of artificial intelligence one discusses not only civilizations (level 1) which are simulated by ...
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What is the most probable AI?

then I have a difficult question to ask. Let's imagine that in the distant future of our universe, through the arrangement of atoms that move in empty space, various objects are formed, any object can ...
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What methods have been proposed to identify sentience in an AI?

It is in the news that google has suspended a software engineer for violating confidentiality policies after sought "outside consultation" over concerns the AI he was working on is sentient. ...
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Will Artificial Intelligence doubt Atheism? [closed]

Artificial intelligence will know/see/talk with its maker. What acceptable answer will we give when it asks: “If I came into reality through you, into whose reality did you come?”
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Why do some physicalists use the Turing Machine as a model of the brain?

It has always puzzled me when people casually make comments like "Since the brain is a Turing Machine...". Just to clarify: I'm talking about generic discussions, not philosophical journals ...
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PhilPapers Survey 2020, Why do so many physicalists deny consciousness of future AI systems?

According to PhilPapers Survey from 2020 there are 239 philosophers who identify as accepting or leaning towards Physicalism and yet reject consciousness of future AI. To me this seems very puzzling, ...
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Help with intentional instantiation in "The nature and plausibility of Cognitivism"

When the computer-based chess player is explained [1], the bottom level components of the chess playing heirarchy are intentionally instantiated by list processors. My question is this, doesn't ...
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Linguistic meaning among evolved artificial agents [closed]

Suppose we have used an evolutionary algorithm to produce a community of artificial agents. These agents navigate a virtual environment, seeking food and avoiding predators. No one designed these ...
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AI philosophers

Which modern philosophers examine problems of ethics and knowledge between artificial, intelligent agents, leaving their relationship to humans aside? What I'm looking for: The assumption that AIs ...
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