@FinanceYF5: AI pioneer Geoff Hinton tells Alex he believes AI is already conscious, and humans are not the only intelligent life on Earth. "They are very much like us, they are life forms just like us." He says AI must first understand the question to answer it, which is perception. "Intelligence is not unique to biology."
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AI pioneer Geoff Hinton says he believes AI is already conscious, and humans are not the only intelligent life on Earth. AI must understand the question before answering, which is perception.
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AI pioneer Geoff Hinton told Alex that he believes AI already has consciousness, and humans are not the only intelligent life on Earth.
“They are very similar to us, they are exactly the same life forms as us.”
He stated that AI must understand the question before answering, which is perception. “Intelligence is not unique to living organisms.” https://t.co/oGuPATs6jH
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