Ok-Mine1268

Ok-Mine1268 t1_j6g6dwn wrote

Does not being able to define precisely thought or consciousness mean we look at any chat bot and say ‘dang, that thing could be self aware!’? If someone can’t prove my Casio G-shock isn’t sentient should I start wondering if it is? Oddly enough it makes me think of an atheist debater say, ‘if you can’t prove a magical wish granting pony doesn’t exist than you should probably start worshiping it.’ (mocking theists) Paraphrasing, but some of these posts about chatbots and other AI are beginning to sound just as ridiculous.

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Ok-Mine1268 t1_ivbupge wrote

Does anyone take Michael Shermer serious as a philosopher? He defines himself as a skeptic probably because he is still recovering from leaving evangelicalism. I’d guess his whole purpose of arguing that morality can be determined by science to me is still just a reaction to his Xevangelic identity. I’m not even saying I disagree with him but wearing an identity too strongly doesn’t seem to help one’s epistemology.

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