Futurist Ray Kurzweil has given roughly 200 friends and family members access to his AI replica, and some of them have told him they believe the system is conscious, according to a report by The Information.
AI replicas · Ray Kurzweil
Kurzweil opens his AI replica to about 200 friends and family, and some say it is conscious
A limited rollout puts a personal AI replica in the hands of people who know the futurist well. Some recipients say they believe the system is conscious, a claim that remains unproven.
~200
People in Kurzweil's personal network given access to the replica
Some
Recipients who have told him they believe the replica is conscious
None
Accepted tests that can establish consciousness in a machine, per most researchers
Scale of access
Each dot represents roughly one person. Around 200 people were given access.
Illustrative unit chart, not to a precise scale of usage.
What is reported
A limited rollout to a circle of around 200 people
Some recipients believe the replica is conscious
The replica imitates Kurzweil's knowledge, voice, and style
What is not yet known
How recipients reached their conclusion
How they interact with the replica day to day
Safeguards, terms of use, and the underlying model
Plans for wider availability
Key point
A user's belief that a system is conscious does not, by itself, show that it is.
Whether AI systems can have subjective experience is unresolved. As replicas move into private use among people who know the original, questions about how they represent a person and how their answers are read become practical.
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