u/MustBeSomethingThere

Deep neural networks are still a black box we don't fully understand. We keep seeing emergent properties, internal representations, and complex abstractions forming inside these models that we can't fully explain, but yet mainstream media and tech circles heavily push this idea that AI is just a glorified autocomplete.

Makes you wonder if it's intentional. Would people freak out and have an ontological crisis if the general public was told the honest truth, that we actually don't know if these systems are conscious or not?

Who remembers when OpenAI previewed Sora two years ago and the quality felt unreal? We had never seen anything like it. Back then, Sora 1 didn't even generate audio and was heavily censored.

Prompt:

integrated_multimodal_description: [Shot 1] Live-action, cinematic, a close-up static shot frames a glass passenger train window facing outward toward the residential houses and streets of the Tokyo suburbs on a bright, overcast day. As the train travels at high speed, traditional Japanese houses, low-rise apartment buildings, power lines, and trees quickly sweep past in a rapid blur. Reflected clearly on the double-paned glass is the interior of the train cabin, showing a young East Asian woman seated near the window looking down at her smartphone, alongside another passenger sitting nearby. The camera remains static relative to the window frame as the exterior scenery continuous to pass by and the indoor reflection stays overlaid against the moving cityscape.

overall_soundscape: A continuous, low rhythmic train rumble vibrates beneath the rhythmic click-clack of the tracks, accompanied by the muffled swoosh of passing wind outside the train cabin.

non_diegetic_music: N/A

Modern AI has already surpassed many of the "impossible" machines from past sci-fi. Some classics didn't quite get the speed or order of development right. For instance, in the movie Silent Running, those small robots couldn't even speak.