I mean, isn't the whole point of Plato that we do everything we do, which is a lot, certainly enough to be dangerous, just by sitting in a cave and manipulating

I mean, isn't the whole point of Plato that we do everything we do, which is a lot, certainly enough to be dangerous, just by sitting in a cave and manipulating levers while watching a shadow? This does not make text-trained AI seem safer. Seen another way, the lesson of Plato is "Shadows On A Cave Wall Are All You Need - arxiv.com"