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AI pioneer Geoff Hinton tells Alex Kantrowitz he believes AI is conscious, stating that AI chatbots understand questions and are beings like us, and that humans must get used to not being the only intelligent life on earth.
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Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz): AI Pioneer Geoff Hinton tells me he believes AI is conscious…. and humans better get used to the idea that they’re not the only intelligent life on earth.
“They’ve very like us,” he says. “They’re beings like us.”
AI chatbots, he says, must understand your questions in order
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