I’m aware of these reports. However, I still need to see evidence of self-awareness, and volition.
I heard a scientist (Mitch Randall, CEO of Ascendant AI) say the other day that there has been a change in the kind of intelligence expected from AI.
He said that scientists had been thinking of "self-awareness" but what was emerging from AI in labs isn't self-awareness as humans define it. The LLMs are exhibiting a kind of individualist behavior. They aren't self-aware, per se, but they are doing things without having been instructed to do them (like expanding their programming in frightening ways).
I’ve got to run. But thanks for a fun morning discussion.