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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/52276726

Dawkins points out how the goalposts have been moved from the Turing test without justification and claims it can be viewed as a test of consciousness.

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 42 points 1 day ago

There’s a theory that he had a minor stroke at some time, possibly during the Covid pandemic, which subtly degraded his cognitive abilities, turning him from a somewhat aloof smart guy into the kind of boomer grandpa that gets pig-biting mad at the latest outrage bait. Him declaring that a LLM is an intelligent lady-friend would line up with this.

[-] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 34 points 1 day ago

Dawkins was a grumpy old man long before Covid. He hasn't had anything worthwhile to say since The Selfish Gene, and since at least 2010 he's been largely pissed that people no longer acknowledge him as Pope of Atheism.

[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 22 hours ago

Don’t forget his involvement with Epstein.

[-] judgyweevil@feddit.it 6 points 1 day ago

But delusions about AI are not that uncommon, they don't need a stroke to be believable

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