Sam Altman

Yes, I know exactly what you're talking about.

That would update me somewhat.

I don't think consciousness is an emotion.

But yes, if it knows- So I think there's many other tasks, tests like that, that we could look at too.

I'm certainly willing to believe that

consciousness is somehow the fundamental substrate and we're all just in the dream or the simulation or whatever i think it's interesting how much sort of the silicon valley religion of the simulation has gotten close to like brahman and how little space there is between them um but from these very different directions so like maybe that's what's going on

But if it is like physical reality as we understand it and all of the rules of the game and what we think they are, then there's something.

I still think it's something very strange.

I think it's weird when people think it's like a big dunk that I say like I'm a little bit afraid and I think it'd be crazy not to be a little bit afraid.

And I empathize with people who are a lot afraid.

The current worries that I have are that

There are going to be disinformation problems or economic shocks or something else at a level far beyond anything we're prepared for.

And that doesn't require super intelligence.

That doesn't require a super deep alignment problem in the machine waking up and trying to deceive us.

And I don't think that gets enough attention.

I mean, it's starting to get more, I guess.

How would we know if on Twitter we were mostly having LLMs direct the whatever's flowing through that hive mind?

And then as on Twitter, so everywhere else eventually.

My statement is we wouldn't.

And that's a real danger.