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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave S via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> [ExI] ChatGPT says it's not conscious<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgba(52,53,65,var(--tw-text-opacity))'><div style='border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;gap:1.5rem;padding:1.5rem 0px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.5rem;max-width:48rem'><div style='border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:0.75rem'><div style='border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;flex-grow:1;flex-direction:column;gap:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Me: are you self-aware?</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgba(247,247,248,var(--tw-bg-opacity));color:rgba(52,53,65,var(--tw-text-opacity))'><div style='border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;gap:1.5rem;padding:1.5rem 0px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.5rem;max-width:48rem'><div style='border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:0.75rem'><div style='border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;flex-grow:1;flex-direction:column;gap:0.75rem'><div style='border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;min-height:20px;flex-direction:column;align-items:flex-start;gap:1rem;white-space:pre-wrap'><div style='border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none;overflow-wrap:break-word'><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #D9D9E3 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='margin:0in;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>As an AI language model, I do not possess self-awareness or consciousness. I am a software program designed to respond to user input using natural language processing algorithms and statistical models. I can provide helpful responses to a wide variety of questions and tasks, but I do not have thoughts, feelings, or experiences like a conscious being.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>>…It could be lying, but it also claims that it can neither lie nor tell the truth: it just generates a response based on the data it trained on.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sure Dave, but that’s what they all say (all the AIs.) GPT claims it can neither lie nor tell the truth. But if it is lying about that, then it can lie, and is lying (which proves it can lie.) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But if it is telling the truth, then it cannot tell the truth, in which case it is lying, and can lie, therefore it is lying.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So it is either lying (and proving that it is) or truthing (and simultaneously proving that it is lying.) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conclusion: it cannot be telling the truth. It is lying.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On the other hand: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://youtu.be/vn_PSJsl0LQ">https://youtu.be/vn_PSJsl0LQ</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>