To me this developement is becoming a bit scary. Why the need to create consciousness for a machine. And then still want to create limits to the android being its rights?
As if they then would be our servants, not a nice way to be self-conscious. Human beings already are having a hard time getting passed that for themselves. Therefore I would find it very questionable to set limits to the rights of the newly created beings.
The danger that I see is that when consciouness is being reached, or the android being is self-aware, or beliefs it is, it will want to survive too. Just like their creator, the human beings.
At some point though the android beings will become aware of their being superior to the human beings, in every thinkable way. That will be the moment when human beings will become superfluous.
If something can be done, proving a level of human intelligence, sometimes can be the opposite of wisdom. Machines capable of substantive learning could be an addition, but it might be wise to leave them to be unconscious.
Just look how we, the human species, handle other species and nature. Then what we create, after our own image, what will that become...?
So, self-aware Artificial Intelligence to me is a no go area.
I would want to say the same because of all the reasons you gave. However, technology cannot and will not be stopped. Even if we would have laws against AI and consciousness developments, there will always be engineers and people in general who will develop it. Therefor I really like the approach Elon Musk is taking with Neuralink. He basically prepares the world for AI and maximise the success of humans living together with such AI by trying to enhance the humans with additional brain power through computer integration. IMHO AI will for sure become more intelligent than humans, enormous more intelligent, and even with or without AI being conscious, that in itself will be harmful for human existence. By adding computer capacity to the human brain, we may stay on par with the intelligence levels of AI; At least that is the idea behind Neuralink.
Yes, I know it will move into that direction. But still it is not something that I am looking forward too...
Thanks for the link, will have a look into that later.
Haaaa, indeed, I suppose none of the humans are really looking forward to the facts AI will become super intelligent and self sufficient. I'm not either. But yeh, I think we have to deal with it and find ways to protect the human race to be wiped out.
Neuralink is looking for lot of people, developers mostly, so if you want to help them, move to San Francisco, their job openings are there :)
If you're going to San Francisco... Reminded me of a song. :-)
Will have a look into it. ;-)
SF is nice actually, bit expensive though :) A 'small' drive to Burning Man, making it very attractive for me to live :) And weather is also very nice, blue skies most of the time, and not to warm.
I am all for the human brain getting a "brain booster" through AI. But, please, no robots reproducing baby robots. Can't you just see baby robots learning to crawl!
Done already, our University in Groningen showed earlier this year a baby robot born from a 'father' and 'mother' robot...they were simply spider like mechanic pieces but they implemented the human way of re-production in terms of gens and DNA to show case the possibilities of artificial evolution.