AIAI consciousness and public anxiety in a 1996 TIME cover story
A post revisits a 1996 TIME cover story, highlighting David Chalmers's comments on “the prospect that we are creating a new species of sentient life.”
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A user looks back at a TIME cover story they describe as covering rapid AI progress, growing public anxiety and David Chalmers's thoughts on AI consciousness. The twist: it was 1996. The user adds that they don't think it was too early to consider those questions.
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AI consciousness and public anxiety in a 1996 TIME cover story
A post revisits a 1996 TIME cover story, highlighting David Chalmers's comments on “the prospect that we are creating a new species of sentient life.”
TLDR
A user looks back at a TIME cover story they describe as covering rapid AI progress, growing public anxiety and David Chalmers's thoughts on AI consciousness. The twist: it was 1996. The user adds that they don't think it was too early to consider those questions.