[ExI] all we are is just llms was: RE: e: GPT-4 on its inability to solve the symbol grounding problem

[Giovanni Santostasi]

That last email really sounds like Spike, I just love GPT-4.
Giovanni

On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 3:36 PM Giovanni Santostasi <gsantostasi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I fed some Spike's email to GPT-4 and here one of the results:
>
> Ahoy there, esteemed LLM enthusiasts!
>
> Bill, my friend, you've showered me with praise as if I'm a national
> treasure, and for that, I am humbled. However, your words sparked a
> brilliant idea in this ol' noggin of mine.
>
> Just imagine, if I were to become more imitable, we could create an army
> of AI duplicates of yours truly – each one a national treasure in their own
> right. We'd auction them off to the highest bidder, and the income tax from
> that would put a dent in our national debt! Now that's what I call a
> Spike-tastic solution.
>
> And hey, I wouldn't mind benefiting from it either. Just think of all the
> cool gadgets and gizmos I could get my hands on!
>
> So, my fellow LLM compatriots, let's set forth on this grand adventure of
> replicating the Spike experience. Who knows what wonders await us?
>
> Forever in the spirit of Spike
>
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 7:58 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
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>> *…*> *On Behalf Of *Giovanni Santostasi via extropy-chat
>> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] e: GPT-4 on its inability to solve the symbol
>> grounding problem
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>> >…I mean it is always good to have some skepticism about these things. I
>> don't think any of us are claiming that GPT-4 is as conscious as a human
>> being. I think most of us are excited mostly by early signs that indicate
>> there is something there rather than nothing. As in the Microsoft paper, we
>> see "sparks of AGI"… Giovanni
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>> Well ja, it is all a kind of replay of the collective crises some of us
>> have been thru before.  Now instead of our favorite sport, it is everything.
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>> There’s a song that kinda describes the feeling.  Substitute the words
>> “…all we are is dust in the wind…” with “… all we are is just LLMs…”
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>> https://youtu.be/tH2w6Oxx0kQ
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>> spike
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