Connectionists: Sentient AI Survey Results

[Thomas Trappenberg]

Thank you Jeff.

Just because we call something intelligent does not mean that it is human.
AI is a technology, and I have no idea what it means for it to have rights.
Does my car should have rights? LLMs have no structure that supports
consciousness, the human brain is very different.

However, the debate we need now is how we respond to the new technological
possibilities. Our society thinks we need a drivers license for a car, and
we have stiff penalties for producing fake money. How should we
address fake images or the increasing number of conspiracy theories? We now
need to understand better what makes us humans and how we educate ourselves
and our students on proper judgment and ethics.

Cheers, Thomas

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 4:13 AM Jeffrey L Krichmar <jkrichma at uci.edu> wrote:

> Dear Connectionists,
>
> I am teaching an undergraduate course on “AI in Culture and Media”. Most
> students are in our Cognitive Sciences and Psychology programs. Last week
> we had a discussion and debate on AI, Consciousness, and Machine Ethics.
> After the debate, around 70 students filled out a survey responding to
> these questions.
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> Q1: Do you think it is possible to build conscious or sentient AI?     65%
> answered yes.
> Q2: Do you think we should build conscious or sentient AI?            22%
> answered yes
> Q3: Do you think AI should have rights?
>       54% answered yes
>
> I thought many of you would find this interesting.  And my students would
> like to hear your views on the topic.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jeff Krichmar
> Department of Cognitive Sciences
> 2328 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway
> University of California, Irvine
> Irvine, CA 92697-5100
> jkrichma at uci.edu
> http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~jkrichma
>
> https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/716394/neurorobotics-by-tiffany-j-hwu-and-jeffrey-l-krichmar/
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