Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: So, you start with Chris's simplified question. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Chris Cole asked one question in a session. We answered it, in a sense, but it was not quite the right question in terms of our interpretation of it. He asks, …
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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 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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