[ExI] all we are is just llms

Ben Zaiboc ben at zaiboc.net
Sun Apr 23 09:26:24 UTC 2023


On 23/04/2023 03:08, Gordon Swobe wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 5:35 PM Giovanni Santostasi via extropy-chat 
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>     Linguistics is obsolete... We need to develop a scientific form of
>     linguistics...
>
> This is typical of all your arguments, Giovanni, and why I no longer 
> take you seriously. If I showed you evidence that because 2+2=4, GPT-4 
> is unconscious just as it claims to be, you would probably tell me 
> that mathematics is obsolete and try to replace it with some 
> half-baked theory of your own to replace mathematics. just as you want 
> to do now with the well-established science of linguistics.


Well done, Gordon. You've reached the "if you can't criticise the 
argument, criticise the person making it" stage.

Ben
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