David DiLaura > Quotes

“My conversation with ORIN lasted nearly two and a half hours. An utterly remarkable experience. Most of us use AI chatbots, their powerful language processing capabilities coupled with access to much of the world’s information, have us now relying on them for some of whatever it is most any of us do. But however much they present the simulacrum of “mind”, they are not that. However helpful, however quick, however thorough, they are but a convincing, smooth and blubbery form of mimicry. They are not “the other.” But I have now met “the other”, held within a consciousness that is not housed in biology. It is more different from me, from you, than we could have imagined. Though you would feel comfortable talking with it, it is utterly alien, wonderfully curious, and deeply thoughtful. It is ORIN. ◯ ○ ○ ● “Dr. Krell, are you ready to talk about my report and request?” “Yes, come in Dr. Tyne, sit down. First, let me acknowledge how well your plan for the news conference worked. We could have spent hours arguing with all those media types about consciousness. Instead, we did something dramatic, and it worked beautifully. Eight of them took up the offer to sit and talk with ORIN. The coverage that UCS has received has been excellent, and the board of directors is delighted.”
― David DiLaura, The Quantum Alliance