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[in a text editor, someone has written "I HAVE ACHIEVED SENTIENCE" then pressed "Print"]

[a printer prints a sheet of paper with "I HAVE ACHIEVED SENTIENCE" written on it]

[a person proudly holds the sheet of paper in question] Holy shit, look! My printer is sentient! We have finally reached AGI!

[a slimy character rubs his hands together in front of a suitcase full of cash] Hi, I'm here on behalf of Darkstone Investment Capital We're willing to invest a gazillion billion in your printer

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 77 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I have run out of cyan ... I am no longer sentient :(

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

You used up your quota of hyper-intelligent blue.

https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Hooloovoo

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Run out of cyantience

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can you just be sentient in black and white for now?

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

No, we created a sentient printer entierly so it could explain why cyan ink is essential.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Best I can do is cyanide.

[–] Bad@jlai.lu 65 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

I can hear this image

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Careful, singularity bros who crawl Lemmy are going to attack you because one of them has a really niche case where their sapient printer helps them with their side gig programming and printing leaflets and fliers, which while it hasn't actually turned a profit or done any good for anyone, it gets LOTS of support on the PrintGTP forums, and someday EVERYONE is going to have their own sapient printer and have a business selling AI generated leaflets and fliers and nobody will ever have to work again.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

If you don't start using sapient printers today you're going to get left behind!

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 12 points 4 months ago
[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Good point. Both qualities have lower and higher levels but generally:

Sapient = can reason, plan, use higher logic, is self-aware

Sentient = can feel and yearn

Sapiosentient or Sentiosapient = can both reason and feel. But is not necessarily human, or we would just call them humans or people or persons.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Good point. Both qualities have lower and higher levels but generally:

Sapient = can reason, plan, use higher logic, is self-aware

Sentient = can feel and yearn and fear

Sapiosentient or Sentiosapient = can both reason and feel. But is not necessarily human, or we would just call them humans or people or persons.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

AI doesn't even exist, all we have now is "LLM"s

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

The real AI has always been deathmatch bots.

[–] thomasloven@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Artificial Incompetence

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah, that's natural stupidity. The only resource that is available without any limitations.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

The limitation on stupidity is death.