The Key Insight Missing from AI Research
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In order to reach real general intelligence and consciousness, AI has to be able to feel emotions. They are fundamental to consciousness.
I hope you enjoy this conversation with the always insightful Vinicius Romanini. Check out his channel: / @minutesemeiotic
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 We need a paradigm shift
01:36 Can AI become conscious?
03:47 Feeling information
05:26 Shortcomings of the current paradigm
06:25 Shifting focus from the brain to mind
10:00 The paradigm shift
12:04 Logical sentimentalism
13:48 The logic of perception
18:55 We have a generative model
21:37 "We cannot perceive what we cannot interpret"
24:16 The limits of our perception
26:52 Does AI have an innerworld?
30:06 Is AGI possible with current hardware?
30:53 Protein folding as a sign of intelligence
36:55 AGI should be an analogic computer
38:39 Is consciousness analogical computation?
42:25 Human kind is doing a shared computation
44:31 AI can improve itself
46:30 AI lacks a dynamic relation with the environment
49:25 Metaphors as the building blocks of intelligence
53:01 Computers don't have an inner world
54:46 Do computers reason?
59:52 Current AI can't become conscious
1:02:15 Connection to the Four Phases and habit formation
1:08:09 It is virtuous to be active in all four phases
1:10:24 We are governed by our culture and the laws of nature
1:16:27 Defining emotion
1:18:41 Analog vs. Digital
1:20:53 Semioticians should be part of AI research
1:22:38 Peirce's legacy and the work of Romanini
Music:
Antony Raijekov - Chillout Me
Antony Raijekov - While We Walk