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If the parrot has enough memory and, when asked, it can answer questions correctly, maybe the idea of putting it through a PhD program is not that bad. You can
by throw310822 4y ago
If the parrot has enough memory and, when asked, it can answer questions correctly, maybe the idea of putting it through a PhD program is not that bad. You can argue that it won't be creative, but being knowledgeable is already something worthy.
- ceejayoz 4y agoAn actual PhD program would rapidly reveal the parrot to not be genuinely knowledgable, when it confidently states exceeding lightspeed is possible or something along those lines. ChatGPT is telling people they're time travelers when it gets dates wrong.
- chasd00 4y agoNo shortage of PhD's out there that will absolutely refuse to admit they're wrong to the point of becoming completely unhinged as well.
- ceejayoz 4y agoSure. The point is that "I can repeat pieces of knowledge verbatim" isn't a demonstration of sentience by itself. (I'm of the opinion that birds are quite intelligent, but there's evidence of that that isn't speech mimicry.)