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

[Jason Resch]

On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 1:06 PM Jason Resch <jasonresch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 12:39 PM Gordon Swobe <gordon.swobe at gmail.com>
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>> In other words, the language of mathematics is just one of many languages
>> that it “understands,” the scare quotes to indicate that because it has no
>> insight into the world outside of language and symbols, it cannot ground
>> the symbols which is what we normally mean by conscious understanding.
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> It "grounds" (I put that in square quote because there is never any direct
> connection with the objects themselves) the meaning to the patterns
> inherent within the set of symbols themselves. Do you acknowledge that
> these patterns exist? Can something (anything?) studying/analyzing these
> patterns to learn about (or possibly even understand) them?
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> Jason
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