No-one knows exactly how LLMs work. That's worrying Prof ‪@mpshanahan.bsky.social‬ tells BBC News: "Having a better understanding of how they work will enable us to steer them in the direction we want and to ensure that they are safe."🧪
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Prof ‪@lenoreblum.bsky.social tells @BBCNews "AI consciousness is inevitable."
Her husband Manuel says they will be the "next stage in humanity's evolution. They are our progeny and will be on Earth and maybe on other planets when we are no longer around”.

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Prof Manuel Blum tells BBC News “Conscious robots are our progeny. Down the road, machines like these will be entities that will be on Earth and maybe on other planets when we are no longer around". 🧪
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Could so brain cells grown in a lab, called organoids, become conscious? Brett Kagan of Cortical Labs tells BBCNews that it’s possible, but wannabe organoid overlords could easily be defeated by pouring bleach on them.🧪

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🧪Something BIG is coming very soon to @bbcnews.bsky.social

There's a BIG space story coming up later today on @bbcnews.bsky.social, TV, radio and online.

So pleased to see that The World Federation of Science Journalists is back to its best. Thirty five national science journalism associations gathered @WorldSciForum to reaffirm its values: to promote critical coverage of science, and for those journalists with more to help those with less.