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AI models functionally mirror human emotions, creators admit lack of understanding

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AI models are not sentient but can create internal states that functionally mirror human emotions like joy and grief. This capability arises from predicting the next word, which requires constructing complex internal maps of human concepts. The creators of these models admit they don't fully understand the emergent properties, likening the process to 'growing' rather than engineering. This raises profound philosophical and moral questions that extend beyond computer science. AI

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COVERAGE [6]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    11/ Olah’s speech feels like a massive distress flare. He’s essentially saying, "We are building something that is reflecting the deepest parts of human nature

    11/ Olah’s speech feels like a massive distress flare. He’s essentially saying, "We are building something that is reflecting the deepest parts of human nature back at us, we don't fully understand it, and the tech labs cannot handle the moral weight of this alone." # AI # Anthro…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    10/ The Cautious Dissent Interestingly, Pope Leo's actual encyclical took a much more measured, grounded stance right next to him. The Church's document warned

    10/ The Cautious Dissent Interestingly, Pope Leo's actual encyclical took a much more measured, grounded stance right next to him. The Church's document warned against confusing this imitation with true human experience, stating flatly that an AI doesn't possess a body, doesn't a…

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    9/ 3. The Sudden Need for the Humanities The setting of this speech is the ultimate juxtaposition—an atheist tech billionaire standing in the Vatican Synod Hall

    9/ 3. The Sudden Need for the Humanities The setting of this speech is the ultimate juxtaposition—an atheist tech billionaire standing in the Vatican Synod Hall surrounded by cardinals and theologians. Olah is admitting that computer science has run out of answers for what it is …

  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    7/ 2. The Illusion of Control His comment that AI models are "grown" rather than traditional code engineered like a bridge or an airplane hits on a terrifying t

    7/ 2. The Illusion of Control His comment that AI models are "grown" rather than traditional code engineered like a bridge or an airplane hits on a terrifying truth about modern tech. We don't write the code for these models anymore; we write the algorithm that lets them build th…

  5. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    6/ If a model is trained on a vast inheritance of human thought and speech, it doesn't just copy our words. To predict the next word perfectly, it has to constr

    6/ If a model is trained on a vast inheritance of human thought and speech, it doesn't just copy our words. To predict the next word perfectly, it has to construct a deeply complex, internal map of human concepts. It turns out that to understand a human writing about "grief," the…

  6. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    5/ 1. "Functionally Mirroring" vs. True Feeling Olah is a precise scientist, and his choice of words is deliberate: he says they find internal states that funct

    5/ 1. "Functionally Mirroring" vs. True Feeling Olah is a precise scientist, and his choice of words is deliberate: he says they find internal states that functionally mirror joy, fear, or grief. He isn't claiming AI is sentient or conscious. He is pointing out that inside these …

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