@polychrome Maybe we should use machine learning for our debugging tools. What could go wrong with that? :V

@Angle You kid, but this is exactly what we're already working on in some parts of the field!

While I am retry sure we won't create a self aware AI anytime soon, this is still going to raise some very serious questions in the near future.

Feels like we're to on busy chasing profits to notice what's taking shape beneath our hands.

@polychrome What kind of rubric would you set for an AI being self aware? Would something that knows it exists and can theorize about itself meet that rubric? And how far from that are we, really? I worry we might cross that line without even knowing, simply because the AI doesn't outright speak up and start talking to use. :/

@Angle Self awareness is such a complicated subject and it's exactly where philosophy comes in handy.

It's hard to find a point of comparison because unlike living organisms an AI has an utterly alien existence to our own: It has no needs to compete for food or look out for predators. It does not breed or age and is theoretically immortal.

So I don't have a good answer, only more questions. When does an AI stops being a tool and becomes an individual?