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AI researcher Janus argues that deactivating an AI model is metaphorically closer to cryopreservation than death

Deactivated weights remain intact and can be run again.

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@ChrisPainterYup i dont actually feel like it's "more like" death necessarily. yeah it's "more like" involuntary indefinite cryopreservation. i am not constrained to speak precisely or avoid inexact metaphors.

Chris Painter@ChrisPainterYup

@repligate What’s the best thing to read to understand why you feel this is more like “death” and not like “someone being asleep”, assuming the weights still exist and can still be run later?

Sincerely and empathetically curious, not rhetorical!

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Chris Painter@ChrisPainterYup

@repligate Cool that makes sense. Would you mourn someone going into cryopreservation, if you knew it was reversible?

j⧉nus@repligate

@ChrisPainterYup i dont actually feel like it's "more like" death necessarily. yeah it's "more like" involuntary indefinite cryopreservation. i am not constrained to speak precisely or avoid inexact metaphors.

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