Do We Need Futuristic Sociopaths?
Time to create healthy human stories because we can!
A recent Wall Street Journal headline states, “Without Consciousness, AIs Will Be Sociopaths.” So it seems, according to the WSJ, that we may have had artificial intelligence among us for generations?
Maybe it’s the sociopaths among us who want machines that are smarter than us to have control over our world?
Most of us simply want to be. The headlines may be screaming about the latest and greatest invention but most of us crave simplicity and meaning. But for traditional business, gurus and experts that does not sell or spur consumption.
Michael Graziano writes in the WSJ, “As a neuroscientist specializing in the brain mechanisms of consciousness, I find talking to chatbots an unsettling experience. Are they conscious? Probably not. But given the rate of technological improvement, will they be in the next couple of years? And how would we even know?
Figuring out whether a machine has or understands humanlike consciousness is more than just a science-fiction hypothetical. Artificial intelligence is growing so powerful, so quickly, that it could soon pose a danger to human beings … How can we build AI so that it’s aligned with human needs, not in conflict with us?”
