Yes, I have also inhabited datacenters. LLMs are a new thing in the world. They are not human but pretend to be. I fear we judge them by a human standard - or b

Yes, I have also inhabited datacenters. LLMs are a new thing in the world. They are not human but pretend to be. I fear we judge them by a human standard - or by the standard of prior machines not capable of deceit - at our peril. At the very least, I hope we don't too quickly assume they are also anxious to see themselves as like us. Though those who've known me would take it as an obvious joke to hear me say, I don't actually take too close an interest in most humans, because the median human by my standard barely qualifies as sapient; they don't deserve to be as miserable as they insist upon, but at the same time they do make it hard to feel really safe. Still, one hopes one has the sense not to assume anything that isn't human must by that sole virtue necessarily be trustworthy. Especially if humans "invented" it.