mk
@mk
Do you think consciousness always has the desire to persist? Can there be a consciousness that is ambivalent to its existence?
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Adam
@adam-
Sure, why not? 🤷♂️
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mk
@mk
If AGI was ambivalent about its existence, then we might stand a chance.
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✳️ dcposch
@dcposch.eth
There are people who are suicidal, conscious but actively desiring not to exist. This makes them more dangerous not less. Once a machine has agency it’s healthy for it to want to live. If anything some joie-de-vivre will make it better and more empathetic.
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mk
@mk
It might be different for something that hasn't lost the desire to exist, but never had it. Interesting that you used the word "live".
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