[ExI] More thoughts on sentient computers

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 16:38:56 UTC 2023


On Fri, Feb 24, 2023, 8:06 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> If Big Dog (or whatever the latest iteration of it is called) had ChatGPT
> in its head, as well as all the other stuff it already has, would it be
> able to build a canoe and use it to escape from a forest fire, decide where
> it was safe to stop, and built a hut? That would be an interesting
> experiment.
>

Obviously it would not, unless Big Dog without ChatGPT was already capable
of that.  ChatGPT is a text parser: it has no input on 3D representations
of objects, let alone performing any physical action (as distinct from
making text that might describe physical actions).

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