Name: Strong AI and Consciousness #3
Start: 2022-11-20T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2022-11-20T19:30:00-08:00

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***Dr. S. Turner*** Participants’ Questions for Su Turner’s Nov. 19th:
“Strong AI and Consciousness”
I. Hello everyone. I'm Su Turner, a Co-organizer for SAPG.
Despite being very busy recently, I can contribute to quite a few more Meetups. I'm **really** excited about the 'Strong Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness' Meetup. For this month, we all can continue sharing ideas we run into when we think philosophically about consciousness.
A. Important Philosophical Questions:[[1]](http:/#_ftn1)
1\. Turner: If we can create Strong AI \(‘S\-AI’\)\, then can human consciousness *accompany* S-AI?
a. This reminds us that we’re *already* developed enough to *achieve* S-AI.
i. Will we be able to create (further) an inanimate being whose intelligence eclipses our own?
ii. If so, what might go wrong with this?
2\. S\-AI is what motivates us; so it suggests a “Turner” Question:
a. Does this mean that *some* Strong-AI entities have (or could have) their own consciousness? Or, do Strong AIs merely *confer* consciousness t*o* *some* inanimate beings?
b. These beings *could be* specifically *quantitative* and *technologica*l phenomena.[[ST1]](http:/#_msocom_1)

i. Could these “*Quant-Tech*”[[2]](http:/#_ftn2) things have features anything *like* human consciousness?
c. Will S-AIs be superior to humans *generally*, and if so, in what ways?
i. Would the S-AI still *not* have ConSci? If not, then why?
ii. Will it *just* be superior to humans? What's the answer?
B. How Could a *Human* Command to AI be misunderstood or incomplete?

1. A technical singularity (I termed **‘QuantTechSing’**) is a *hypothetical* moment where an AI becomes *superior* to human intelligence.

a. The superiority and the *QuantTechSing* might also cause quite *serious* social problems. (*eh-eh*)
b. We may come to a place when a singularity may prevent us (humans) from understanding and performing; and AI would take over.
2. Some think that computation equipment cannot have the intelligence of a human being because it took millions of years to evolve these abilities.
3. If you want to, review the basic definition of singularity. We probably will not need to review physics to understand it.

C. Stephen Pinker: there’s no reason to expect a “singularity” because there is no evidence that it is possible or probable.
(This summary of the issues in the Meetup should help everyone get a baseline of what is going on in the discussion.)

Thanks for participating everyone, I'm happy to get in touch.
Su

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