My thinking is that self-aware, conscience and sentient beings indicate life; possibly artificial life, but life nonetheless.
I wonder sans broadly accepted definitions of “self-aware,” “conscience,” “sentient” and even “life” whether fruitful discussions can take place re the direction of AI. I assuredly realize the potential for negative scenarios. I guess my advanced age (oldest guy on the forum I think

) mitigates my concern somewhat. I also understand that AI will increase in “awareness” exponentially but FWIW I do find it currently laughable in my explorations of it. Pedestrian in content and immediately recognizable.
Now who will be the first to use ChatGPT to write a response to this thread?
Ole phart ramble #1985746
Bud