An AGI is generally understood to have a level of intelligence equivalent to a normal human. And I expect reactions to be vocalized and articulated, something dogs cannot do.
If you measure AGI by its ability to be human, the only thing you'll be able to find find is a human.
That means you will never believe in the consciousness of an intelligence that doesn't try to be human, no matter if a god, animal, machine, or alien. Until you expand your definition, that is.
> That means you will never believe in the consciousness of an intelligence that doesn't try to be human, no matter if a god, animal, machine, or alien. Until you expand your definition, that is.
As a human, I cannot understand conscious lifeforms other than humans. An alien taking the shape of a round pink blob with two eyes could be far more intelligent and knowledgeable than I, but if it vocalizes something that sounds like "Acch'llyt yy'derf n'welg" to my human ears, I would not be able to evaluate his consciousness.
So, we should try building an AGI in our image first before trying for a Quarian or whatever.
If we were able to jump from nothing to human, then there would be no need for a Turing test. We'd know that a not-nothing intelligence we create is human.
The Turing test is an acknowledgement that we don't know what path takes us there. Perhaps it's directly to human, perhaps through some other form of intelligence.
Ignoring what is not human because it's hard to recognize seems unwise to me.
How many cancer patients laugh at jokes? Locked-in paraplegics?
Have you heard a dog laugh at a joke? A crow?
On the other hand, try small talk with your beloved dog and watch the reactions.
What would have the reaction of ChatGPT be for you to believe that it's conscious?