This week's IPWatchdog Unleashed discusses the progress of AI concerning consciousness. A panel of experts, including Jason Alan Snyder and Malek Ben Salem, concluded that while AI is far from achieving consciousness today, it remains a possibility. Snyder predicts AI could reach sentience in about 13 years, echoing his previous predictions. However, the consensus is that existing technologies will not lead to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) soon, raising concerns regarding future risks if AI ever attains self-awareness.
If you want to jump finish and begin with the conclusion that AI consciousness poses an existential threat to humanity, you can watch this IPWatchdog Short where Snyder and Ben Salem discuss the particulars.
Two years ago, he predicted AI would become sentient within 15 years. Last year he predicted AI would become sentient within 14 years. Predictably perhaps, he agreed with his previous predictions and this year said, "13 years is probably a good guess," but that AI is currently nowhere near achieving a sentient state today.
Our panel of technologists do not believe AI is very close to achieving consciousness, but that it is indeed possible for AI to reach the point of consciousness, which would pose an existential threat to humanity.
AI will become sentient at some point, but according to Snyder we are not anywhere near that currently.
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