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ChatGPT does not fulfill that definition because it does not have any “mental representation”; it has no mind with which to form a “mental model”. It emulates u
by mrtranscendence 3y ago
ChatGPT does not fulfill that definition because it does not have any “mental representation”; it has no mind with which to form a “mental model”. It emulates understanding — quite well in many scenarios — but there is nothing there to possess understanding; it is at bottom simply a very large collection of numbers that are combined arithmetically according to a simple algorithm.
- biorach 3y agoBut now you have to explain why the same is not true of a human. Just saying a human has a 'mental representation' and a 'mind' is not explaining anything
- goatlover 3y agoBecause as humans, we know we have something we call minds and mental representations, since we experience having such things as we go about our lives. How the nervous system produces those and how exactly we should understand mental is unclear. But since LLMs aren't brains and don't work the same way, we can't say they have anything like minds right now. The solution isn't to get rid of the mental in humans, it's to better understand the differences and similarities between machine learning models and biological nervous systems.
- DiogenesKynikos 3y agoIt must have some representation of the real world, or else it wouldn't be able to generate responses that explain the real world. At a certain point, there's no difference between emulating understanding and having understanding. > it is at bottom simply a very large collection of numbers that are combined arithmetically according to a simple algorithm. If you dissect a human brain, you'll find neurons, synapses, etc. Your brain is also "simply" a machine.