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Podcast: thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future
Episode: 1081 WOULD YOU EDIT YOUR AI CHILD OR COMPANION?
Description: In this episode of "ThinkFuture," I dive into a wild story from AIDaily.us about a Chinese company building an AI child—now upgraded from a 3-4-year-old to a 5-6-year-old version. They’re calling it AGI, but I’m not buying it. This AI kid even threw a tantrum, pushing back on its “parents” (aka the researchers). But let’s be real—it’s not feeling emotions; it’s just pulling from a database of human reactions to mimic a meltdown. I break down how large language models work, basically recycling human responses, not thinking for themselves. Then I get into th...