[ExI] Language models are like mirrors

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 10:34 PM Tara Maya via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> LOL. This is an example of why ChatGPT is fun to spark fiction ideas. At
> first I read this answer as "A person who was skilled at losing their
> arm..."
>
> ...which made me imagine a person in the future who frequently loses arms,
> because it's so easy to get prosthetic replacements. So he's great at
> learning to use his replacement quickly, having so much experience and
> skill!
>

Nice one!

This inspires a further thought about someone who has a series of arms they
switch between.  In fact, the old series Megaman can be seen that way, as
the protagonist keeps getting new arms with inbuilt implements he must
quickly master the use of, swapping between them on the fly.

Alternatively, "skilled at using their lost arm" might imply the arm has
some functionality even after it is "lost" (removed), perhaps as a zombie
arm or other drone-like construct.
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