http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consciousness-9
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The key to real AGI is to make 4,000 different small AIs that hate each other.
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http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consciousness-9
The key to real AGI is to make 4,000 different small AIs that hate each other.
Literally the plot of Echopraxis
This book, I assume? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echopraxia_(novel)
I’ll have to check it out, I don’t think I’ve read any of his stuff before, but I’ve heard Blindsight recommended a lot
I just finished Blindsight, and I am a bit torn in my opinions. It had really thought-provoking ideas about aliens, mind, conscience and subconscious, which stuck with me. But some of the descriptions, events, and characters are difficult to follow and reasoning (including key points in the story) does not make sense.
I need to re-read that one myself, especially now that we have
spoiler
working “Chinese rooms” (LLMs) in the real world.
Note that the book is free on the author’s site.