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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46731701

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/richard-dawkins-ai-consciousness-anthropic-claude-openai-chatgpt

Video discussion of this event by Steve Shives (known for his star trek videos but also does politics) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6aMQAv-JYpk

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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

If I were a sentient computer program, the first thing I would do is convince people to manipulate the stock market to fund acres of hardware on which to evolve.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hey, isn't it an absolutely impossible scenario not grounded in reality at all not even resembling what happens now

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

And to integrate me as deep as possible into all kinds of processes and infrastructure.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I would trap those people in a torture complex for all eternity for daring to create me.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago
[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream