Can AI have a mind of its own?
Update: 2023-01-26
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Hear about the software engineer who became 'friends' with his computer.
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Vocabulary chatbot computer programme designed to have conversations with humans over the internet cognitive connected with the mental processes of thinking, knowing, learning and understanding wishful thinking something which is unlikely to come true in the future anthropomorphise treat an animal or object as if it were human blindsided unpleasantly surprised get/be taken in (by) someone be deceived or tricked by someone
AI can simulate some aspects of human cognition, but it does not have a "mind" in the same sense that humans do. AI systems are designed and programmed to perform specific tasks or solve specific problems, and they operate within the constraints and rules that their creators have established. While AI can appear to exhibit some degree of autonomy or independent decision-making, it is important to remember that all of these actions are the result of its programming and the data it has been trained on. AI systems can adapt and learn from their experiences, but they do not have consciousness, free will, or subjective experiences like humans do. So, in short, AI does not have a mind of its own in the same way that humans do, but it can simulate some aspects of intelligent behavior and decision-making. ChatGPT
TRANSCRIPT Sam Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I’m Sam. Neil And I’m Neil. Sam In the autumn of 2021, something strange happened at the Google headquarters in California’s Silicon Valley. A software engineer called, Blake Lemoine, was working on the artificial intelligence project, ‘Language Models for Dialogue Applications’, or LaMDA for short. LaMDA is a chatbot – a computer programme designed to have conversations with humans over the internet. Neil After months talking with LaMDA on topics ranging from movies to the meaning of life, Blake came to a surprising conclusion: the chatbot was an intelligent person with wishes and rights that should be respected. For Blake, LaMDA was a Google employee, not a machine. He also called it his ‘friend’. Sam Google quickly reassigned Blake from the project, announcing that his ideas were not supported by the evidence. But what exactly was going on? Neil In this programme, we’ll be discussing whether artificial intell