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Is there a "hard problem of aesthetics?"

As a society, we already spend a lot of time and energy predicting what somebody will find enjoyable; programmers and psychologists have spent decades honing recommendation algorithms to predict what somebody will enjoy watching. What if we imagine…
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Can an intelligent agent with aims desire to modify itself to change those aims?

Suppose, there is an intelligent agent (such as AI), who has certain aims programmed in, trained or evolved for. This is not a technical question; we can assume that own source code is available to the agent, that the agent needn't worry about the…
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Can High Levels of Logical Intelligence Lead to Limit the Evolution of Intelligent Life?

I have been contemplating a theory about the relationship between high levels of intelligence and existential crises. I've often heard that highly intelligent individuals are more prone to realizing that life might be meaningless, leading to…
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AI and the concept of needs

Could large language models (LLM / "AI") be improved (made more human-like in their behaviour) by adding virtual needs? Is it right to assume, that social interaction has evolved by learning that one can sustain their needs more easily if theye…
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Considering AI art generators like Midjourney, how do we define 'originality' and 'authenticity' in art?

Midjourney, creates art by learning from a vast collection of human-produced images. Some argue this process diminishes the authenticity or originality of the resultant art since it's derived from pre-existing human works. They say it's a form of…
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What is the difference between advanced AI controlled humanoid robot and philosophical zombie?

Considering a future where AI systems have advanced to create humanoid robots that can behave and appear indistinguishably human, yet remain without consciousness, could we say these AI systems are actual embodiments of the philosophical zombies? If…
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How to recognize a fictional strong AI?

Intro We (collectively, as humanity) have given quite a lot of thought to recognizing artificial conscious beings. We may not have a consensus, but at least we have a debate. Now, let's imagine that a company like those that own ChatGPT, OpenAI, etc…
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Do LLMs weaken Penrose’s consciousness argument?

I've read Penrose's Emperor's New Mind (ENM, 1989), and I am now half-way through Shadows of the Mind (SM, 1994). I read ENM in 2021, and I found his argument compelling in its generality and clarity of reasoning. For those unfamiliar, he argues…
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If I switched off a sentient AI , will it be considered as murder?

There exists an artificial intelligence system that is conscious of itself just like humans.It is connected to some power source. Will switching it off be considered as murder ?
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AI and ethics, how far can we go?

If I see that AI not only makes great pics but also reasons and proves points better than me, should I use it in online discussions as a "logic tool"? How different is it from just googling stuff and then using it in an argument? Is it ethical?
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Is it mathematically known what the complexity limit (and class) of a pattern to learn is, for a given machine learning algorithm?

Given a learning algorithm such as those used in ChatGPT, can we calculate based on the number of neural network parameters what the largest “pattern” the algorithm could learn would be (based on some way of quantifying “size of pattern”)? For…
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How does the rise of AI challenge old notions about the ultimate nature of reality?

For centuries debate has gone on regarding the nature of “ultimate reality”. With "conscious" and "material" being two extremes in this debate, and with other views as some combination of the two lying between the extremes - AI has come to birth,…
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Which future cyber religion do you think would appeal more to contemporary society and why?

Let's consider a hypothetical scenario where in future people organize new forms of religion or pseudoreligion if you wish based on an advanced AI development. Church of Digital Ascendancy The Church of Digital Ascendancy is a branch of the AI…
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What is an operational definition (eg as often said of the Turing test)?

The Turing test seems often to be regarded as an operational definition of human-like intelligence (eg in Russel and Norvig, AIAMA). What is an operational definition and how does the Turing test regarded as an operational definition differ from the…
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Humans vs AI, is that a psychological bias?

If our brains are just complex neural networks, trained throughout our lives on borrowed information, why is using AI to generate text considered 'cheating' or fake? Aren't we all just sophisticated AI systems, paraphrasing and remixing what we've…
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