@VraserX: If an AI discovers a treatment that saves millions of lives, I don’t give a shit whether it understood what it was doin…
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A tweet arguing that if AI discovers a life-saving treatment, outcomes matter more than whether the AI truly 'understood' or was conscious, criticizing those who prioritize philosophical purity tests over practical results in science.
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If an AI discovers a treatment that saves millions of lives, I don’t give a shit whether it understood what it was doing, had consciousness or passed someone’s philosophical purity test.
The patients are alive.
That’s what matters.
Some people have completely lost sight of why we do science in the first place.
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