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Does it lie? Or just get things wrong sometimes? Lying requires knowledge that what you are saying is not the truth, and usually there's a motive for doing so.
by marcusjt 4y ago
Does it lie? Or just get things wrong sometimes?
Lying requires knowledge that what you are saying is not the truth, and usually there's a motive for doing so.
I don't think ChatGPT is there yet... or is it?
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoSure, it's not lying, you're right, there's no will there, I'm anthropomorphism. It is producing entirely wrong facts / pseudo-opinions (as it can't actually have an opinion).
- ben_w 4y agoI was about to suggest "pathologically dishonest", but then I looked up the term and that seems to require being biased in favour of the speaker and knowing that you're saying falsehoods. "Confabulate" however, appears to be a good description. Confabulation is, I'm told, associated with Alzheimer's, and GPT's output does sometimes remind me of a few things my mum said while she was ill.
- giaour 4y agoTechnically, what ChatGPT is doing is bullshitting because it doesn't have any knowledge of or concern for truthfulness. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit