Bodies & friends

They are kinds of minds, with the potential to learn and (thus) evolve. They'll probably never be just like us. But they already seem experienced and friendly. Seductively so. That's the concern.

"…the most important reason why AI systems are not like us (and probably never will be) is that they lack the visceral and emotional experiences that make us human. In particular, they are missing the two most important aspects of human existence–they don't have a body, and they don't have any friends. They are not motivated to feel or want like we do, and so they never feel hungry, lonely, or fed up. This lack of humanlike motivation prevents AI systems from displaying fascination or frustration with the world–core drives that kick into gear almost as soon as human infants come kicking and screaming into existence. The minds of LLMs are not like ours. But they are minds, of sorts, nonetheless–strange new minds, quite unlike anything we have encountered before."

— These Strange New Minds: How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means by Christopher Summerfield
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