<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 1:33 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I have an idea.<br>
<br>
Instead of endlessly arguing and giving these GPT systems leading <br>
questions about whether they are conscious or understand things then <br>
believing their answers when they correspond to our preconceptions, why <br>
doesn't somebody ask one how it can help us cure cancer?<br>
<br>
Or any number of really important real-world problems.<br>
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I mean, who cares if it 'really understands', when the real question is <br>
can it really solve real problems?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Alas, it can't.  Not that one, at least.</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail-flex-1 gmail-overflow-hidden" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden"><div class="gmail-react-scroll-to-bottom--css-duzgp-79elbk gmail-h-full gmail-dark:bg-gray-800" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;height:951px"><div class="gmail-react-scroll-to-bottom--css-duzgp-1n7m0yu" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;height:951px;overflow-y:auto;width:771px"><div class="gmail-flex gmail-flex-col gmail-items-center gmail-text-sm gmail-dark:bg-gray-800" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;font-size:0.875rem;line-height:1.25rem"><div class="gmail-group gmail-w-full gmail-text-gray-800 gmail-dark:text-gray-100 gmail-border-b gmail-border-black/10 gmail-dark:border-gray-900/50 gmail-dark:bg-gray-800" style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);box-sizing:border-box;width:763px"><div class="gmail-text-base gmail-gap-4 gmail-md:gap-6 gmail-md:max-w-2xl gmail-lg:max-w-xl gmail-xl:max-w-3xl gmail-p-4 gmail-md:py-6 gmail-flex gmail-lg:px-0 gmail-m-auto" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto;display:flex;padding:1.5rem 0px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.5rem;max-width:36rem"><div class="gmail-relative gmail-flex gmail-w-[calc(100%-50px)] gmail-flex-col gmail-gap-1 gmail-md:gap-3 gmail-lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex"><div class="gmail-flex gmail-flex-grow gmail-flex-col gmail-gap-3" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex"><div class="gmail-min-h-[20px] gmail-flex gmail-flex-col gmail-items-start gmail-gap-4 gmail-whitespace-pre-wrap gmail-break-words" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;min-height:20px;white-space:pre-wrap">How might all forms of cancer be cured with a single, universally applicable solution?</div></div><div class="gmail-text-gray-400 gmail-flex gmail-self-end gmail-lg:self-center gmail-justify-center gmail-mt-2 gmail-gap-2 gmail-md:gap-3 gmail-lg:gap-1 gmail-lg:absolute gmail-lg:top-0 gmail-lg:translate-x-full gmail-lg:right-0 gmail-lg:mt-0 gmail-lg:pl-2 gmail-visible" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;display:flex;padding-left:0.5rem"><button class="gmail-p-1 gmail-rounded-md gmail-hover:bg-gray-100 gmail-hover:text-gray-700 gmail-dark:text-gray-400 gmail-dark:hover:bg-gray-700 gmail-dark:hover:text-gray-200 gmail-disabled:dark:hover:text-gray-400 gmail-md:invisible gmail-md:group-hover:visible" style="border-width:0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(217,217,227);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0.25rem;background-image:none;border-radius:0.375rem"></button></div><div class="gmail-flex gmail-justify-between gmail-lg:block" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box"></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-group gmail-w-full gmail-text-gray-800 gmail-dark:text-gray-100 gmail-border-b gmail-border-black/10 gmail-dark:border-gray-900/50 gmail-bg-gray-50 gmail-dark:bg-[#444654]" style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);box-sizing:border-box;width:763px"><div class="gmail-text-base gmail-gap-4 gmail-md:gap-6 gmail-md:max-w-2xl gmail-lg:max-w-xl gmail-xl:max-w-3xl gmail-p-4 gmail-md:py-6 gmail-flex gmail-lg:px-0 gmail-m-auto" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto;display:flex;padding:1.5rem 0px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.5rem;max-width:36rem"><div class="gmail-w-[30px] gmail-flex gmail-flex-col gmail-relative gmail-items-end" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;width:30px"><div class="gmail-relative gmail-h-[30px] gmail-w-[30px] gmail-p-1 gmail-rounded-sm gmail-text-white gmail-flex gmail-items-center gmail-justify-center" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;height:30px;width:30px;border-radius:0.125rem;padding:0.25rem;background-color:rgb(16,163,127)"></div><div class="gmail-text-xs gmail-flex gmail-items-center gmail-justify-center gmail-gap-1 gmail-invisible gmail-absolute gmail-left-0 gmail-top-2 gmail--ml-4 gmail--translate-x-full gmail-group-hover:visible gmail-!invisible" style="border:0px solid rgb(217,217,227);box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;font-size:0.75rem;line-height:1rem"><button disabled class="gmail-dark:text-white gmail-disabled:text-gray-300 gmail-dark:disabled:text-gray-400" style="border-width:0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(217,217,227);font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:none"></button><span class="gmail-flex-grow gmail-flex-s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