Anil Seth
A neuroscientist at the University of Sussex who studies consciousness and brain mechanisms. He takes a cautious stance on AI consciousness, holding that consciousness may be inseparable from biological mechanisms.
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Anil Seth, a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex, questioned the finding, saying it is unsurprising to extract functional emotion vectors from training data, and that a model may have internal representations without experiencing any emotion.
Berg, Seth and Mitchell agree on one point: AI companies should not tell models that they are conscious.
Seth argues for focusing on the danger of "false positives", worrying that people believing AI systems are conscious would make regulation and control more difficult and would make users more vulnerable to psychological harm and manipulation.
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Anil Seth, a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex, questioned the finding, saying it is unsurprising to extract functional emotion vectors from training data, and that a model may have internal representations without experiencing any emotion.
50%UnverifiedBerg, Seth and Mitchell agree on one point: AI companies should not tell models that they are conscious.
50%UnverifiedSeth argues for focusing on the danger of "false positives", worrying that people believing AI systems are conscious would make regulation and control more difficult and would make users more vulnerable to psychological harm and manipulation.
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