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hunter

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3. There's zero evidence that existing AI has any conscious internal model of its environment.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 12:54 PM

Dec 30

It is not self-aware; even less so than a potted plant.

Any dog or cat has an infinitely better understanding of the "real world" than AI chat-bots which are only capable of echoing back all the human gibberish they are "trained" on.

That applies to the "art" they produce as well.

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AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer [View all] marmar Dec 30 OP

Yay, the arrogance of selfish rich dudes destroys civilizations again... haele Dec 30 #1

Jeezus! Joinfortmill Dec 30 #2

There's zero evidence that existing AI has any conscious internal model of its environment. hunter Dec 30 #3

I agree they lack conciousness, intheflow Dec 30 #5

Yes, of course the same can be said of humans. hunter Dec 30 #11

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It shows signs of self-preservation because it's trained on content produced by humans, who are well versed in WhiskeyGrinder Dec 30 #13