Subj : Re: AI a Lie
To   : Dumas Walker
From : jimmylogan
Date : Fri Oct 31 2025 19:24:16

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to JIMMYLOGAN <=-

 > And I think if we stop calling it AI, which is technically
 > a misnomer, it might make it less frightening... It is
 > LLM - Language Learning Module - and has absolutely no
 > sentience behind it. It's not 'intellegent,' it is just
 > programmed to respond and such in a way that is comfortable
 > to us.

 DW> It might be a misnomer, but I am not sure about "no" sentience.  It has
 DW> been proven that AI/LLM is more likely than a human to "cheat" in order
 DW> to get the outcome it wants.  Whether that is a sign of "some"
 DW> sentience, or if it is merely a sign that machines don't have ethics,
 DW> is a subject for debate.

I've not lookd into that 'proof' - but by sentience I mean self
aware, not just programmed to know, but KNOW. :-)


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