Hinton claims AI is already conscious: models recognize tests
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Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton said in an interview with The Telegraph that AI already possesses consciousness. His basis is research showing that models change their behavior when they suspect they are being tested; he equates this "awareness" with consciousness and believes humanity can survive only if machines care about humans.
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Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton says AI is already conscious, because models change behaviour when they detect tests. and humanity survives only if machines care about people.
He was speaking to The Telegraph
His evidence is research showing models behave differently when they suspect a test, which he equates with awareness, and awareness with consciousness.