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

[Tara Maya]

Perhaps because Chat's imitation sounded vainglorious, which Spike is not. I could only imagine Spike saying something like that if it were done as self-satire, in jest. 


> On Apr 20, 2023, at 3:52 PM, Giovanni Santostasi via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Spike,
> I just copied and pasted some of your emails and used it in the prompt and said "These are Spike's emails, can you imitate his style?" I think it did a good job given the small sample size. 
> For example, you often give some interesting twists about the topic at hand but with some economical or legal utility. You often end an email with a question or challenge, you tend to be humorous and do play with words. I get it you don't completely recognize this as you but for an external observe is pretty close, not sure what others think but it is as GPT-4 said in The Spirit of Spike.
> Giovanni 
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> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 3:46 PM <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com>> wrote:
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>> From: Giovanni Santostasi <gsantostasi at gmail.com <mailto:gsantostasi at gmail.com>> 
>> Sent: Thursday, 20 April, 2023 3:37 PM
>> To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>>
>> Cc: spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ExI] all we are is just llms was: RE: e: GPT-4 on its inability to solve the symbol grounding problem
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>> I fed some Spike's email to GPT-4 and here one of the results:
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>> Ahoy there, esteemed LLM enthusiasts!
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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!
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>> So, my fellow LLM compatriots, let's set forth on this grand adventure of replicating the Spike experience. Who knows what wonders await us?
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>> Forever in the spirit of Spike 
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>> Hmmmm… Giovanni, when one records oneself speaking and plays it back, it sounds the same to others but not to oneself.
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>> That passage above just doesn’t seem me-ey to me.  Were this an avatar of me, I would know I wasn’t me. 
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>> But cool, how do you feed stuff to ChatGPT?  I didn’t know I could feed it.
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