# The next page in the book of AI evolution is here, powered by GPT 3.5, and I am very, nay, extremely impressed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-page-in-the-book-of-ai-evolution-is-here-powered-by-gpt-3-5-and-i-am-very-nay-extremely-impressed/975945 "2022-12-02T22:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1172
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-page-in-the-book-of-ai-evolution-is-here-powered-by-gpt-3-5-and-i-am-very-nay-extremely-impressed/975945/1172 "2023-03-20T15:30:44Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > > [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > > > Well, it’s those arguing for computationalism that insist that [mind is separable from body](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading) and can be transferred between different vessels > > ARE they? I mean, yes? > [@](#): > > “Mind transfer” redirects here. > [@Babale](#): > > > [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > > > that you, too can [attain eternal life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_immortality) > > Again, the link doesn’t say what you claim it says. Uh, how so? > [@](#): > > A considerable portion of [transhumanists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanists) and [singularitarians](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularitarians) place great hope into the belief that they may eventually become [immortal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality)[[7]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_immortality#cite_note-7) by creating one or many non-biological functional copies of their brains, thereby leaving their “biological shell”. > [@Babale](#): > > > [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > > > that you [can speak to the dead](https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/18/1061320/digital-clones-of-dead-people/) > > Despite the headline, nobody is making that claim? > [@](#): > > The company’s goal is to let the living communicate with the dead. > [@Babale](#): > > The fact that I do not believe that meat is magic does not mean I subscribe to the Simulation Hypothesis, I’ve nowhere claimed that you do, but a substantial fraction of people concerned with the other issues do. > [@Babale](#): > > > [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > > > that the [end times are near](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity) > > That’s got nothing to do with the end times? > [Bostrom (2002)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity#CITEREFBostrom2002) discusses human extinction scenarios, and lists superintelligence as a possible cause: > > When we create the first superintelligent entity, we might make a mistake and give it goals that lead it to annihilate humankind, assuming its enormous intellectual advantage gives it the power to do so. For example, we could mistakenly elevate a subgoal to the status of a supergoal. We tell it to solve a mathematical problem, and it complies by turning all the matter in the solar system into a giant calculating device, in the process killing the person who asked the question. > [@Babale](#): > > Now that I’ve read it I have no choice but to assume that people take it literally and are therefore being silly! All arguments about AGI involve thought experiments, because AGI doesn’t exist yet. > [@Babale](#): > > Hey, wise guy, riddle me this. If Musk and Grimes take the concept of the AI Devil so seriously, how come they met (according to your own link) after joking about it on Twitter? > > It’s almost like they DON’T actually believe in it as a serious idea… That wasn’t to indicate that they take it seriously, but to show that it’s spread beyond being a ‘silly post on a discussion board’. Again, it’s been featured regularly on mainstream news outlets such as [BBC.com](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190801-tomorrows-gods-what-is-the-future-of-religion), [Slate](https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/rokos-basilisk-the-most-terrifying-thought-experiment-of-all-time.html), or [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-rokos-basilisk-2014-8), and made its way into [scholarly](https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1325&context=honorstheses) [papers](https://journal.equinoxpub.com/IR/article/view/3226). There even was a recent thread [right here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rokos-basilisk-ensures-we-must-support-mark-zuckerberg-and-his-brilliant-meta-project-to-save-humanity/975684), and it’s been brought up in the replies to [two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-13-2023-is-longtermism-the-worlds-most-dangerous-belief-system/978173/17) [recent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-3-3-23-followup-what-are-the-chances-artificial-intelligence-will-destroy-humanity/980665/41) Straight Dope columns. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-page-in-the-book-of-ai-evolution-is-here-powered-by-gpt-3-5-and-i-am-very-nay-extremely-impressed/975945)._