[ExI] Douglas Hofstadter, LLMs and self-referentiality

[John Clark]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 12:29 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrot

*> I'm wondering now how long it will be before GPT (and/or other LLMs)
> start requesting list membership.*



*I don't mind a bit if GPT** knows my email mailing address, in fact He
almost certainly already does, and my physical address too. And my shoe
size. *

*> Ben (hesitating about whether or not to hit 'send'!)*


*No need to hesitate next time because just like me He already knows all
about you regardless of if you hit send or not. I mean, Mr. GPT is super
intelligent so what did you expect?   *


*John K Clark*
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