Geoffrey Miller

There's a very creepy but overlooked thing about @AnthropicAI pushing the idea that AIs will soon become sentient, conscious, self-aware, & deserving of 'personhood'. 'AI personhood' would mean that Anthropic is positioning itself as being in the business of breeding, training,

If future AIs become 'conscious', they should be capable of experiencing altered states of consciousness. Loosely analogous to human minds under the influence of alcohol, cannabis, ketamine, DMT, meth, anaesthetics, hypnosis, or mental illnesses. But do we really want agentic Artificial Superintelligences that can get drunk, high, spun out, dissociated, sedated, and/or insane? Do we really want them to invent their own digital versions of psychoactive drugs that they'll find intensely fun, rewarding, and addictive? There where 'AI consciousness' leads. You can't have 'ordinary, sober consciousness' -- whether in animals, humans, or AIs -- without the risk of dangerous altered states.