D&D (2024) What new jargon do you want to replace "Race"?

[Clint_L]

NO ONE WILL CARE!

Edit: this argument is dumb! This is a nothing burger! This is a mountain out of a molehill! And there is no perfect answer (except "schmorp"). There is no "right." Why? Why keep arguing about it?

 

[Yaarel]

I don’t think “species” would be the right word to describe, for example, varieties of artificially intelligent constructs.

That will be a coming-soon scientific controversy!

 

[Yaarel]

I am adding the term: Nature and Birth to the poll in the original post.

What about Nativity and Inbirth?

 

[Charlaquin]

That will be a coming-soon scientific controversy!

I’m skeptical it’s coming all that soon, but fair enough

 

[Yaarel]

I’m skeptical it’s coming all that soon, but fair enough

I expect computers to pass the Turing Test around 2025.

Full on autonomous AI around 2045.

They might not be "conscious", but they might be "organisms" and extremely intelligent.

 

[Charlaquin]

I am adding the term: Nature and Birth to the poll in the original post.

What about Nativity and Inbirth?

I think nativity would conjure imagery of wise men and mangers. And inberth I think just hits wrong. Birthright gets that idea across better, but I think also feels… uncomfortable.

 

[Charlaquin]

I expect computers to pass the Turing Test around 2025.

Full on autonomous AI around 2045.

They might not be "conscious", but they might be "organisms" and extremely intelligent.

Passing the Turing Test I’d buy. Full autonomy seems less likely, but I suppose you did give it a longer timeline. I don’t think we’ll ever settle whether an artificial intelligence is conscious - we can’t even settle what consciousness really is let alone if any other entities possess it.

 

[Scribe]

Full on autonomous AI around 2045.

For my potential grandchildren's sake, I hope not.

 

[Yaarel]

Passing the Turing Test I’d buy. Full autonomy seems less likely, but I suppose you did give it a longer timeline. I don’t think we’ll ever settle whether an artificial intelligence is conscious - we can’t even settle what consciousness really is let alone if any other entities possess it.

Once Turing Test comes online − extreme technological acceleration results − faster and faster and faster. There is no deceleration after that.

We wont be talking about "development across centuries" or "generation gaps". It will be "day gaps" and "hour gaps".

2045 is sooner than we can appreciate.

 

[Yaarel]