From AI to abortion, scientific failure to understand consciousness harms nation
Insert eye rolling here at LaMDA &quot;we may never know if it&#x27;s conscious&quot; claims.<p>What drivel. A function invocation that is static unless interacted with is very clearly not conscious, and to say otherwise is innane.<p>I agree we need better understanding of consciousness but to quote Nietzsche:  The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.<p>Is AI consciousness important to quantify? Sure. Is LaMDA anything close to the minimum bar? Definitely not.