I don’t really think so. I am not really sure why, but my gut feeling is that being good at impersonating a human being in text conversation doesn’t mean you’re closer to creating a real AI.
Agreed. Especially when you consider that even fictional general AIs centuries more advanced than we are capable of making, such as Data or Isaac, aren’t clearly shown to actually have what we call a soul, even if they’re really good at emulating people.
If “what we call a soul” means consciousness, then I doubt there’s a way to prove that anything else than your own self can be shown to actually have a soul. Not even what we call “other people”.
You being aware of your own consciousness doesn’t mean every human necessarily is in the same, right? …and since we lack of a way to prove consciousness then we can’t assume other people are any more conscious than an AI could be.
I agree with this, it’s impossible to prove that other people are the same as you. Still, I have this feeling about AI atm. Maybe I just haven’t encountered one ^^
Do you think creating a “real AI” is possible with computers as we have now (but more powerful)?
I feel like technically it could be possible, but if it is it still is far away.
