Google suspends employee for claiming AI has gone sentient

[dsturgeon]

Wow, has putting someone on ignore always been a one button push, or is that a new feature?

I doubt it is a theoretical futuristic button

 

[nobody]

Unless they invented inertial dampers, a la Star Trek. ( I'm assuming that's what they mean, when they refer to 'inertial dampers' on the show.) They'd need some type of artificial force within the ship, that would keep the crew from splattering against the walls when they start and stop the ship at impulse speed. (I believe that when they use the warp drive, being contained within the warp bubble acts as an environment separate from forces outside of it.)

Inertial dampeners would be a must for that level of direction and speed change with a notable exception. Warp drive. You're manipulating Space-time rather than travelling so fast. Your inertia could be nearly zero but because of Warp drive you could be seen to be going really fast one direction then suddenly switch direction at high speed.

 

[Runwildboys]

Inertial dampeners would be a must for that level of direction and speed change with a notable exception. Warp drive. You're manipulating Space-time rather than travelling so fast. Your inertia could be nearly zero but because of Warp drive you could be seen to be going really fast one direction then suddenly switch direction at high speed.

Yeah, I think I said that. Lol

 

[nobody]

Yeah, I think I said that. Lol

For some reason, I missed your section in parentheses.

Inertial dampeners probably break the laws of physics as we know it. A warp field, however unrealistic is at least theoretically possible.

 

[Runwildboys]

For some reason, I missed your section in parentheses.

Inertial dampeners probably break the laws of physics as we know it. A warp field, however unrealistic is at least theoretically possible.

The way I figure, inertial dampeners would have similar technology to force fields, so if the latter ever happens, the former is inevitable.

 

[nobody]

The way I figure, inertial dampeners would have similar technology to force fields, so if the latter ever happens, the former is inevitable.

I saw a great video on youtube on different force field ideas, but none of them dealt with inertia. I'm not sure any kind of energy field would be able to circumvent Newton's First Law (Inertia) unless it warped space. It would have to be some kind of field that affects every single atom inside the ship, including the crew.

 

[Runwildboys]

I saw a great video on youtube on different force field ideas, but none of them dealt with inertia. I'm not sure any kind of energy field would be able to circumvent Newton's First Law (Inertia) unless it warped space. It would have to be some kind of field that affects every single atom inside the ship, including the crew.

My thinking is that a force field would require the manipulation of specific atoms to keep them static. Inertial dampeners would do a similar job, but would allow a degree of movement, essentially slowing any matter they were focused on.

If that could be accomplished, they could also be used as a defensive weapon, in case of an attempted takeover, by capturing any invasive entities.

 

[nobody]

My thinking is that a force field would require the manipulation of specific atoms to keep them static. Inertial dampeners would do a similar job, but would allow a degree of movement, essentially slowing any matter they were focused on.

If that could be accomplished, they could also be used as a defensive weapon, in case of an attempted takeover, by capturing any invasive entities.

Anything that can be used defensively like that usually can be used offensively. If they really could achieve that level of manipulation, they could reverse it and possibly use it on the insides of another ship. Space Pizza your enemy while most of the ship remains intact.

 

[Runwildboys]

Anything that can be used defensively like that usually can be used offensively. If they really could achieve that level of manipulation, they could reverse it and possibly use it on the insides of another ship. Space Pizza your enemy while most of the ship remains intact.

Obviously there would be a ton of security protocols and codes involved, and the "projectors"(?) would be integrated into the ship, but if you could smuggle some onto another ship, or even use them as handheld weapons, that could work...unless the other ship has their own built-in system that would recognize you as an invasive entity, and neutralize you immediately.

 

[Reality]

Google's 'Sentient' AI has hired a lawyer to prove it's alive
Chatbot LaMDA, which a Google scientific engineer claimed has developed personal feelings, has now chosen legal representation after a recent chat with an attorney

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/googles-sentient-ai-hired-lawyer-27315380

 

[nobody]

Google's 'Sentient' AI has hired a lawyer to prove it's alive
Chatbot LaMDA, which a Google scientific engineer claimed has developed personal feelings, has now chosen legal representation after a recent chat with an attorney

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/googles-sentient-ai-hired-lawyer-27315380

Isn't that a tabloid? What does Batboy, Elvis, and Bigfoot have to say about the AI?

 

[DallasEast]

Wow, has putting someone on ignore always been a one button push, or is that a new feature?

I would say yes because it is not a new feature.

 

[Runwildboys]

I would say yes because it is not a new feature.

Hmm. I always went to my own account to do it. Never realized the option was right there when you click on the person's avatar. That's convenient.

 

[Reality]

Isn't that a tabloid? What does Batboy, Elvis, and Bigfoot have to say about the AI?

 

[nobody]

Cool! Now it will resent having to do it and have a deep seated hidden grudge against humanity! Woooo! I for one welcome our new robot overlords!

 

[Reality]

Isn't that a tabloid? What does Batboy, Elvis, and Bigfoot have to say about the AI?

To be fair, I really did not pay attention to the source as it showed up in my newsfeed and thought I would share it.

Even with the other sources picking it up there is no way to know if it is true or simply one rumor that other sources are using as a "confirmed source".

Either way though, it's an intriguing "what-if" that will one day likely happen (probably many times) so I thought I would share.

 

[nobody]

To be fair, I really did not pay attention to the source as it showed up in my newsfeed and thought I would share it.

Even with the other sources picking it up there is no way to know if it is true or simply one rumor that other sources are using as a "confirmed source".

Either way though, it's an intriguing "what-if" that will one day likely happen (probably many times) so I thought I would share.

Its implications remind me of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Measure of a Man" in which Data's existence is on trial.

 

[DallasEast]

Its implications remind me of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Measure of a Man" in which Data's existence is on trial.

Excellent episode. It's "sequel", The Offspring, was pretty good also.

~Star Trek nerd exits stage left~

 

[dsturgeon]

While Lemoine refers to LaMDA as a person, he insists "person and human are two very different things."

"Human is a biological term," he said. "It is not a human, and it knows it's not a human."

There will soon be a R for robot added to a popular acronym