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• @o7___o7@awful.systems 2026-10-23 13:37

  I suspect Hinton is a true believer. Genius has never been any kind of defense against foolishness nor madness.

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• @jacksilver@lemmy.world 2026-10-23 17:18

  Honestly, the “article” is taking a lot of liberty with its quotes. If you look at the core section: “Now, normally, when you say something’s aware of that, that means it’s conscious,” he continued. “Being conscious and being aware are pretty much the same thing.” If that’s the case, he said, then it’s hypocritical of us to give intelligent beings like AI “fewer rights than us.” And for that, we must quickly atone. “We should make them so they really care about us,” he said. “And if we don’t do that, we’re toast.” It sounds more like him considering the “what if they’re concious” rather than out right stating it. Especially the line “If that’s the case”, which highlights that this is more thought experiment rather than stating opinion.

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