Neuroscientists warn against conflating AI intelligence with consciousness
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Andrew Griffin
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A group of neuroscientists from Université de Montréal and Johns Hopkins University warn that people are at risk of mistaking AI's intelligent behavior for actual consciousness. While AI chatbots appear fluent and empathetic, the researchers argue that intelligent behavior does not equal consciousness, and we must be careful not to conflate the two.
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· 3 pulledWe are in danger of making a fundamental mistake about artificial intelligence, a group of researchers have warned.
We need to be sure to distinguish between AI's intelligence and it actually being conscious.
Even if a system behaves intelligently and seems to respond convincingly about our emotions, that does not mean it is conscious.
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