[ExI] GPT-4 on its inability to solve the symbol grounding problem

[William Flynn Wallace]

 human DNA is less than a gigabyte of information, which is surprisingly
simple, simpler even than modern video games which often are 60+ gigabytes
in size.

Now you are telling me that a video game is as complex as a person.  Can't
be.  The combination of genes is for practical purposes infinite.   bill w

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 4:18 PM Gadersd via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> The brain at birth has already received plenty of information from the
> environment.
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> Many animals have gestation periods. The signals received during gestation
> do not explain the exceptional capabilities of the human brain. The signals
> in the gestation period of dogs for example is not fundamentally different
> than that of humans. The hormones, nutrients, etc. are similar. The
> capabilities of the human brain must be due to the differences in our DNA
> compared to that of dogs. As Jason pointed out, human DNA is less than a
> gigabyte of information, which is surprisingly simple, simpler even than
> modern video games which often are 60+ gigabytes in size.
>
> On Apr 6, 2023, at 3:24 PM, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> *…*> *On Behalf Of *Gadersd via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] GPT-4 on its inability to solve the symbol grounding
> problem
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> >>…The brain is then strictly less complex than DNA.
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> >…I should emphasize that I am referring to the complexity of the brain at
> birth rather than the brain + information from the environment…
>
> The brain at birth has already received plenty of information from the
> environment.
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> spike
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