HACKER Q&A
📣 sampling

Could an AGI ever win a Nobel Prize?


Let's assume AGI is achieved in our lifetime. If an AGI makes a groundbreaking contribution, does it deserve the same recognition as a human? Could an AGI ever be awarded a Nobel Prize?


  👤 smoldesu Accepted Answer ✓
Presumably someone made/sponsored it and would take responsibility. This idea that AI "does things" in a vacuum does not make sense to me and I don't understand why people assume it's the end goal.

👤 userinanother
The bar is pretty low for the peace prize. Potentially thinking about doing something not bad is good enough so sure why not.

👤 layer8
Nobel laureates are restricted to “persons”. So an AGI would have to be granted personhood first.

👤 proc0
Yes, at least in magnitude of what it would contribute. Whether humans are willing to give out the award is a different question.