If AI can fake consciousness to the point where we can’t tell the difference, is that the same thing?
https://mindmatters.ai/2024/08/researcher-ai-cant-be-conscious-because-it-is-not-alive/
Researcher: AI Can’t Be Conscious Because It Is Not Alive
Remember HAL 9000, David from Prometheus (2012) and all those other fun, evil intelligent robots and computers? It’s great fiction but Marc Wittmann research fellow at the Institute for Frontier Areas in Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, Germany, says it’s definitely fiction. He offered an account earlier this month at Psychology Today, of why AI cannot actually become conscious:
Equating the brain with a computer because both have been referred to as machines is an erroneous assumption. You can easily label two different objects with the same word: “machine.” That does not change the fact that the brain and a metal-containing machine are two very different entities. Computers operate based on the flow of electricity through their components. But the components themselves always stay the same. In principle, you could shut down a computer and store it in a dust-free environment. A hundred years later you could switch it on again and it could continue processing data.
Marc Wittmann, “A Question of Time: Why AI Will Never Be Conscious,” Psychology Today, August 3, 2024
Of course, life forms are necessarily in a constant state of change. If the change is not growth or managed stasis, it is decay, leading eventually to disintegration. Consciousness is, among other things, awareness of this constant change.
A bit of a twist…
Vegas police say NFL access policy compromises officers' privacy
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and union officials said they object to NFL access policies to certain areas of Allegiant Stadium, and the union has urged its officers to not work Raiders home games after this weekend if the new arrangement remains in place.
The NFL is using facial-recognition technology this season for those credentialed for games, including for players, media and vendors. The Las Vegas Police Protective Association, with the backing of the department, said they are concerned such technology compromises the officers' privacy.
Police have asked the NFL to let officers wear wristbands, as has been the case in previous seasons.
… The union said on social media on Thursday the league also wants personal information such as fingerprints, home addresses and phone numbers.
Sounds logical. (Should that scare me?)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/23220058241265613
The Case for Nurturing AI Literacy in Law Schools
The debate surrounding the permissibility of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in legal education has garnered widespread attention. However, this discourse has largely oscillated between the advantages and disadvantages of generative AI usage whilst failing to fully consider how the uptake of these tools relates to the fundamental objectives of legal education. This article contributes to the current debate by positing that since the primary aim of legal education is the preparation of legal professionals and the development of legal research, generative AI must be holistically integrated into the dominant approaches to legal teaching. This stems from the fact that the legal profession will increasingly rely on generative AI in its daily work. Therefore, AI literacy will emerge as a critical professional skill in the legal realm. Against this background, this article further argues that the integration of AI into the legal curriculum should be addressed by diversifying assessment strategies, emphasizing the importance of academic integrity and making resources on the ethical use of AI available to both students and academic staff in law schools.
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