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		dist-epoch on May 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ... > You're assuming that it will have "tasks" ? Task: write a book about literature. Task: defend this network against hackers

NoMoreNicksLeft on May 1, 2023 [–]

Yeh. This is quite likely some some cognitive illusion of how you think your own mind works.

Do you have any evidence that a "task" is something that is fundamental to an artificial consciousness?

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