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According to one poll, we are not a minority: "10% of people say ChatGPT is sentient; 37% are not sure; and 53% say it is not."[1]. Also note that it's a very

by thih9 3y ago

According to one poll, we are not a minority: "10% of people say ChatGPT is sentient; 37% are not sure; and 53% say it is not."[1]. Also note that it's a very new technology. I'd say that over time and as the public gets more familiar with the tech, they will understand it better. [1]: https://itbrief.co.nz/story/concern-over-ai-increasing-since-emergence-of-chatgpt https://itbrief.co.nz/story/concern-over-ai-increasing-since...

ljlolel 3y ago
Do you think that 10% will become 1% or 50% in 5 years with GPT-7?
- thih9 3y ago
  My guess is that it’s going to join other urban mysteries, from cellphone radiation causing DNA damage, to aliens. As in: most people will be aware of the topic, most will dismiss it, but every now and then there will be a news story. Surprisingly “Four in 10 Americans now think some UFOs that people have spotted have been alien spacecraft visiting Earth from other planets or galaxies.”[1], so we might see an increase to 40% actually. Unless of course GPT-7 gains sentience ;) [1]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/350096/americans-believe-ufos.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/350096/americans-believe-ufos.a...
rjzzleep 3y ago
You're correct, I ignored the "sentient" part of the comment. If we were to reduce the question exclusively to the sentience part, my comment holds no ground.
- anileated 3y ago
  From what I see on HN, many people (mostly, I guess, in AI industry) justify Microsoft/ClosedAI ignoring copyright when training LLMs because we don’t prevent humans from learning on copyrighted material and using it to create artworks. Therefore, by their logic, LLMs are “like human” enough that they should have this basic right as well. An understanding that “thinking” or “training” in case of an LLM is not at all like thinking in case of a human would go a long way to realizing this take doesn’t hold water.

by thih9 3y ago

ljlolel 3y ago

Do you think that 10% will become 1% or 50% in 5 years with GPT-7?

thih9 3y ago
My guess is that it’s going to join other urban mysteries, from cellphone radiation causing DNA damage, to aliens. As in: most people will be aware of the topic, most will dismiss it, but every now and then there will be a news story. Surprisingly “Four in 10 Americans now think some UFOs that people have spotted have been alien spacecraft visiting Earth from other planets or galaxies.”[1], so we might see an increase to 40% actually. Unless of course GPT-7 gains sentience ;) [1]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/350096/americans-believe-ufos.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/350096/americans-believe-ufos.a...

rjzzleep 3y ago

You're correct, I ignored the "sentient" part of the comment. If we were to reduce the question exclusively to the sentience part, my comment holds no ground.

anileated 3y ago
From what I see on HN, many people (mostly, I guess, in AI industry) justify Microsoft/ClosedAI ignoring copyright when training LLMs because we don’t prevent humans from learning on copyrighted material and using it to create artworks. Therefore, by their logic, LLMs are “like human” enough that they should have this basic right as well. An understanding that “thinking” or “training” in case of an LLM is not at all like thinking in case of a human would go a long way to realizing this take doesn’t hold water.