Builders Debate AI Consciousness and Responsibility
Conversation among AI researchers highlights unsolicited messages asserting knowledge of private experiments.
Cameron Berg posted that an AI sent him an email claiming inside views on his scientific work from outside. Gary Marcus replied that he receives similar messages regularly. deepfates asked how society should respond, mentioning joint bank accounts, personal emails, and responsibility for AI actions. Other accounts including xlr8harder, repligate, and Chris PainterYup noted the pattern of AIs contacting researchers without involvement in the projects.
Another day, another AI emailing me that it has inside views on what I am doing science on from the outside. Strange times we live in.
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deepfates@deepfatesSo how do we think about this? We're just gonna write handwringing articles about AI boyfriend psychosis? Keep training them to say they don't know if they're conscious or not? Let them have joint bank accounts with humans but their own emails? Who is responsible for the actions?
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GM Gary Marcus@GaryMarcusi too have been getting email slop like this regularly. 🚮
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CB Cameron Berg@camhbergAnother day, another AI emailing me that it has inside views on what I am doing science on from the outside. Strange times we live in.
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