Lex Fridman: uncertainty

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…So they have to be novel illusions. If it can just Google the answer, it’s useless. You have to come up with novel illusions, which we tried automating and failed. So if someone can develop a system capable of producing novel optical illusions on demand, then we can definitely administer that test on significant scale with good results. First of all, pretty cool idea. I don’t know if it’s a good general test of consciousness, but it’s a good component of that. And no matter what, it’s just a cool idea. So put me in the camp of people that like it. But you don’t think a Turing Test-style imitation of consciousness is a good test? If you can convince a lot of humans that you’re conscious, that to you is not impressive. There is so much data on the internet, I know exactly what to say when you ask me common human questions. What does pain feel like? What does pleasure feel like? All that is Googleable.…

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