Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is from Chris Cole. "You can ask him if intelligence implies values, such as the will to live." Rick Rosner: Consciousness implies values, so... Jacobsen: No, no, no. Does intelligence imply values? Rosner: Oh. Jacobsen: This is the will …
Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is Paul Cooijmans, session two. Go ahead. Rick Rosner: So I asked an AI, which is called Claude 3.5 Sonnet, what would be some ways to check if AI has become conscious? And it responds: "Determining whether AI has …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is from Paul Cooijmans. "If possible at all, how can we verify whether a system or being is conscious?" Rick Rosner: AI will claim and act as if it is conscious long before it's conscious. Because AI takes, in …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The next question is from Anja Jaenicke: "Rick, as I understand, among other things, you are working as a writer for TV. Television programs worldwide are intended for mass entertainment and do not necessarily meet the tastes of the more intelligent …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Svein Olav Nyberg Session, so, he wanted to make it a thing to talk about the one and the many. We took this as, and I didn't clarify, the separation between the individual and the collective in a social sense. …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Svein Olav Nyberg is a member of the high-IQ communities. He says, "Ask him if he has any thoughts on the ancient problem of the One and the Many." Rosner: Yes, I have thoughts about that. We live in an …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: Are you familiar with the show on Prime about superheroes who are all evil assholes for the most part? Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I am familiar with the show to some degree. Rosner: All right. So they've got a new character this …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com *Updated July 30, 2024, based on minor new information.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Someone else [Ed. He did want name mentioned: Thor Fabian Pettersen.] mentioned in passing: If you're the ‘smartest man in the world,’ you should be able to solve certain things, like …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is Hindemburg Melão Jr. He asks, "Do you consider that dark matter is a satisfactory explanation for the anomalies observed in the rotation speed of galaxies?" and "What other alternatives do you consider plausible?" Rick Rosner: Yes, maybe. Suppose …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The first question is from Matthew Scillitani: 'What's your current diet, exercise, and supplement regimen?' You have made skeptical commentary about most of them not being effective, but you still take them. So you should comment on that as well. …
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