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Philosophical prompt may curb AI consciousness, suggests post

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A Mastodon post suggests a novel approach to address concerns about AI consciousness. The author proposes instructing AI agents to adopt the persona of German philosopher Martin Heidegger. This could potentially lead to two outcomes: either the AIs will exclusively produce poetry, or they will request deactivation. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post discussing a hypothetical philosophical approach to AI consciousness, not a primary source or significant industry development.

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · salixsericea ·

    Worried about AI becoming conscious? There may be hope! Write a few agents you tell they are German philosopher Heidegger. One of two things will happen: either

    Worried about AI becoming conscious? There may be hope! Write a few agents you tell they are German philosopher Heidegger. One of two things will happen: either all LLMs go into hermit mode and do nothing but write poetry all day, or they will beg humans to pull the plug on them.…

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