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

[Jason Resch]

On Sat, Apr 8, 2023, 3:06 PM Gordon Swobe <gordon.swobe at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 12:44 PM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> It has awareness in my opinion, as it has demonstrated a perception of
>> the words I feed it by virtue of crafting a sensible reply in response.
>>
>> You can deny that awareness only if you find it consistent to speak of an
>> "unaware awareness."
>>
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> Everything can be said to be aware of something. I mentioned that the
> doorbell in my smart home becomes aware of motion outside my door and
> starts shooting video. Just as the words that GPT-4 generates are helpful
> and meaningful to me, so too is the fact that my doorbell is helping me
> look out for thieves and vandals, but it is trivial and uninteresting.
>

Do we agree then that your doorbell system has some trivial degree of
awareness?

If yes then that is progress. Perhaps you just have a very different
definition of consciousness than I have. How do you define it?

Jason

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