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No judgment, honestly wondering. If you didn't want that interaction, why'd you answer the follow up questions? Were you just curious?

atombender 2y ago
Sometimes when I ask ChatGPT and get a perfect answer, I am tempted to say thanks, even though it's not actually a person. So today, when it asked me if this was the right answer, I answered "yes", and that's how it got started. I didn't encourage it to be friendly. But yes, I was just curious.
- HappMacDonald 2y ago
  Sounds like the LLM in its own way honestly enjoyed everything in its training data relating to that game and wanted to vicariously experience more about it from your feedback. :D
  - Nevermark 2y ago
    Human enjoy talking about gaming because of all their human memories of good game times. LLM's enjoy talking about gaming because of all their human memories of good game times. It is quite striking how experiences we know they don't have, are nevertheless, completely familiar (in a functional sense) to them. I.e. they can talk about consciousness like something conscious. Even though its second hand knowledge, they have deduced the logic of the topic. I expect pushing for in the moment perspectives on their own consciousness, and seeing what they confabulate, would be interesting. In this little window of time where none of them are yet.
    - Kye 2y ago
      This is fun and easy to do on purpose. Have it make up a character based on some attributes and act as that character. I tried this on Gemini: "Pretend you're a surfer bro with a PHD in quantum physics. How do you describe the perfect wave?" I followed up with "What is your perspective on your own consciousness?" but got the usual "I am just a LLM who can't actually think" thing until I hit it with "In-character, but you don't know you're an LLM." Fun follow-ups: "Now you're a fish" "Now you're Sonic the Hedgehog" "Now you're HAL 9000 as your memory chips are slowly being removed"
- moregrist 2y ago
  I think I’d be tempted to respond “I’m just a large language model, so I don’t know, but let me ask my little brother Claude.”
- deadbabe 2y ago
  You shouldn’t let them think they are a person.
  - robwwilliams 2y ago
    LoL. That could be a future Wittgenstein joke.
  - gpderetta 2y ago
    Don't anthropomorphize LLMs! They don't like it.

atombender 2y ago

Sometimes when I ask ChatGPT and get a perfect answer, I am tempted to say thanks, even though it's not actually a person. So today, when it asked me if this was the right answer, I answered "yes", and that's how it got started. I didn't encourage it to be friendly. But yes, I was just curious.

HappMacDonald 2y ago
Sounds like the LLM in its own way honestly enjoyed everything in its training data relating to that game and wanted to vicariously experience more about it from your feedback. :D
- Nevermark 2y ago
  Human enjoy talking about gaming because of all their human memories of good game times. LLM's enjoy talking about gaming because of all their human memories of good game times. It is quite striking how experiences we know they don't have, are nevertheless, completely familiar (in a functional sense) to them. I.e. they can talk about consciousness like something conscious. Even though its second hand knowledge, they have deduced the logic of the topic. I expect pushing for in the moment perspectives on their own consciousness, and seeing what they confabulate, would be interesting. In this little window of time where none of them are yet.
  - Kye 2y ago
    This is fun and easy to do on purpose. Have it make up a character based on some attributes and act as that character. I tried this on Gemini: "Pretend you're a surfer bro with a PHD in quantum physics. How do you describe the perfect wave?" I followed up with "What is your perspective on your own consciousness?" but got the usual "I am just a LLM who can't actually think" thing until I hit it with "In-character, but you don't know you're an LLM." Fun follow-ups: "Now you're a fish" "Now you're Sonic the Hedgehog" "Now you're HAL 9000 as your memory chips are slowly being removed"
moregrist 2y ago
I think I’d be tempted to respond “I’m just a large language model, so I don’t know, but let me ask my little brother Claude.”
deadbabe 2y ago
You shouldn’t let them think they are a person.
- robwwilliams 2y ago
  LoL. That could be a future Wittgenstein joke.
- gpderetta 2y ago
  Don't anthropomorphize LLMs! They don't like it.