To the editor: I completely agree with visitor contributor Moti Mizrahi (“The actual hazard of AI is treating it like a human,” March 19).
He writes: “At present’s chatbots are designed to imitate us. They communicate within the first particular person, reply with empathic phrasing and regulate their tones to match ours … However none of this means personhood, consciousness and even comprehension.”
Right here’s a easy check I exploit to find out if an AI software has human-like intelligence: Can it create an unique joke that’s really humorous? I’ve requested my favourite AI app, Perplexity, to do that a number of instances, and the ensuing jokes have by no means been humorous. Not as soon as. I learn the jokes to others and so they reply with puzzled stares.
Mizrahi concludes, “It’s a device, even a helpful one, however basically restricted … AI is just not an individual. It doesn’t suppose, care or perceive.” I heartily agree.
Spike Kaplansky, Sherman Oaks
