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This is ChatGPT Turbo's response to that and some follow-up prompts. https://gist.github.com/partiallytyped/deb53061e26f7a77ebde077d84f2fd11 https://gist.githu
by PartiallyTyped 4y ago
This is ChatGPT Turbo's response to that and some follow-up prompts.
https://gist.github.com/partiallytyped/deb53061e26f7a77ebde077d84f2fd11 https://gist.github.com/partiallytyped/deb53061e26f7a77ebde0...
Given the self-referential nature of this response, one might even express that to some degree they do.
AFAICT, the only difference between human brains understanding relationships and LLMs is that the former is grounded on the real world and the other is not. That doesn't imply that the LLMs have no understanding assuming understanding is creating associations at different degrees of abstraction. Only that their understanding is not grounded in things we perceive as true through our interactions.
The claim however assumes that there is an objective reality that is true which is a whole different can of worms that needs to be opened before we can even argue whether there is sentience or understanding in the first place.
Furthermore, humans themselves are not grounded in an objective reality either. While LLMs might hallucinate reality in one way, we hallucinate in others (cf religions), we hold irrational opinions, we perform irrational actions that are not beneficial to us, our brains become narrowminded in the physical sense, and so on.
- dsubburam 4y agoAppreciate the investigative interview of ChatGPT. First time I really noticed ChatGPT using "we" (as in "we AI language models"). And yes, having it explain itself passably does support it having some human/intelligence qualities. Re: "objective reality" your argument can be made even stronger using Kant's transcendental philosophy which says that we are limited at apprehending reality by our fundamental conceptions e.g. of space and time ("categories"). Similarly, perhaps, LLMs are limited by other fundamentals. So we don't even have to bring irrationality into the argument. We both have incomplete grasp on "objective" reality, even if we are being fully rational.