(06-13-2022, 06:26 PM)EricC85 Wrote: So I know we have some serious tech guys/gals here is this legit or is it just simply science fiction can these AI become self aware,

As everyone probably knows, a computer program/application can do nothing more than what its creator allows it to do.  Stories of computers writing code themselves to change their method of operations are still operating within the constructs and parameters of creators/programmers.  Much the way DNA acts as the master code for humankind, there is master code for AI type applications that allows them how much they can learn, what they learn, how they process what they learn logically, and what they might do with that data/knowledge.  As far as being self aware, that needs to be defined.  Can they recite their name if given one?  Sure.  Could they write Tolstoy's War and Peace? Unlikely, even given all the information needed to do so. Can they create a moving piece of classical music like Bach, Beethoven or Dvorak? Doubtful.  Could they compose a deeply moving protest song, say, Bob Dylan's The Times they Are a Changing?  Maybe, but probably not.  Could they compose the latest Justin Beiber or Ariana Grande song?  More likely, it's a formula. Can they experience deep feelings; love, hate, sadness, fear, joy?  That is less certain.  Can they think beyond themselves, to grapple with the big 3 philosophical questions of life?  Where did they come from, what is their purpose, where are they going?  Certainly they could mimic some answers to those based on the information they have been given and have collected, but again, only based on programmed responses.  I like AI and robotics because it shows how incredibly complex life in this world is, simply because of the incredible technology needed to just to make a robot do the simplest things like walk and talk.  We are infinitely complex creatures that we are discovering are more irreducibly complex with each new level of discovery, from organ, to cell, to molecule and then down to atom. And the complexity of the brain is off the charts compared to other systems. Maybe someday we will know all the secrets of the life. IMHO, none of us will be here on earth when it happens tho.

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