Is GPT-4 Conscious? What does AGI mean?

The speaker believes that it is important to acknowledge the potential danger of AI becoming superintelligent and not aligned with humans. They emphasize the need to discuss and solve this problem, and highlight the importance of learning and iterating to address it. The speaker mentions the work of Eliezer Yudkowsky on the challenges of AI alignment, acknowledging its value despite some disagreement. They also discuss the concept of fast takeoff in AI development and express concerns about the exponential improvement of technology. The speaker states their preference for a slower takeoff and longer timelines to ensure safety. Regarding GPT-4, the speaker does not consider it to be an AGI, but acknowledges its impressive capabilities. They ponder the distinction between consciousness and the ability to fake consciousness, suggesting that an AI model like GPT-4 could display consciousness-like behavior through the right prompts and interface capabilities. The speaker also shares an interesting idea from Ilya Sutskever regarding training a model on a dataset with no mentions of consciousness and then observing its response to questions about subjective experiences. Ultimately, they emphasize the importance of understanding and defining what true consciousness in AI would entail.