• Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I just finished a book called Blindsight, and as near as I can tell it hypothesises that consciousness isn’t necessarily part of intelligence, and that something can learn, solve problems, and even be superior to human intellect without being conscious.

    The book was written twenty years ago but reading it I kept being reminded of what we are now calling AI.

    Great book btw, highly recommended.

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      11 days ago

      I’m a simple man, I see Peter Watts reference I upvote.

      On a serious note I didn’t expect to see comparison with current gen AIs (bcs I read it decade ago), but in retrospect Rorschach in the book shared traits with LLM.