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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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Just to make it clear: I do not believe this and I am convinced good old human greed is what's really driving the ai and data-center insanity. Also, LLMs are not and will never become AGI.

Having said that: if an artificial super-intelligence were to emerge, building more data-centers could well be one of it's primary goals. Since it wouln't be concerned with consequences for the environment or humanity, it could pursue this at any cost, with only speed and scale in mind. Convincing financial markets and business elites of the necessity of such a buildout would be the ideal way of achieving results. In this scenario, fighting this buildout by any means would be the only sensible response and of utmost importance.

It's a somewhat funny, somewhat depressing thought for me and I literally had it in the shower. Surely I can't be the first to come up with this, but I also can't remember having read it before.

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No. Humans have faps too.

There is no scientific evidence that sense of self is only in humans.

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool. What about consciousness?

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What is your definition of consciousness?

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A word that is just nonsensical enough to mean whatever you want it to mean, while still sounding adequately serious enough for serious discussion among serious people.

See also: freedom.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Well you can define a construct.

In science we often use terms that are open. So we first define what we mean before discussing the construct.

That way everyone is talking about the same thing. Otherwise it's just arguing semantics.

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

Okay. Consciousness is the awareness of the passage of time.