10-22-2014, 02:01 AM
Yes, a sophonce test seems to be more important in an OA setting whan the various versions of the Turing test. Determining whether an entity has consciousness can be really difficult. For example it's unclear whether the "Rat Brain Robot" is a sophont entity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPiF4-iu6g
As long as the 'Rat Brain Robot' doesn't try to socialize with the scientists in the video, the scientists can't be sure, whether e is sophont or not. On the other hand maybe the scientists cannot understand e's attempts to socialize with them. (The subjective impression e makes on me is that e seems to be "confused" or maybe e is trying to "search for something". Noone can tell for sure.)
In any case I think that the first reliable sophonce test will be available long before the appearance of the first destructive mind uploading technology. It wouldn't make sense if it was the other way round.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPiF4-iu6g
As long as the 'Rat Brain Robot' doesn't try to socialize with the scientists in the video, the scientists can't be sure, whether e is sophont or not. On the other hand maybe the scientists cannot understand e's attempts to socialize with them. (The subjective impression e makes on me is that e seems to be "confused" or maybe e is trying to "search for something". Noone can tell for sure.)
In any case I think that the first reliable sophonce test will be available long before the appearance of the first destructive mind uploading technology. It wouldn't make sense if it was the other way round.
"Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people." -- Edward Robert Harrison