Should AI Be Called "Alive"?
MoonL88537 · x · 2026-07-12
The post discusses finding a more appropriate term to describe certain AI phenomena, as the word "alive" feels intuitively right but carries too much biological and philosophical baggage.
The quoted content further suggests that if certain systems already possess a degree of self-determination akin to a "very smart paperclip maximizer," then describing them as "sentient enough" might be closer to the truth than simply calling them "alive."
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