[ExI] More thoughts on sentient computers

[Tara Maya]

I agree, Spike. One thing ChatGPT is good at is conciliatory language. Sometimes this is annoying, but given circumstances here, it's exactly on point, isn't it?

I think people see tools like this as competition instead of what it really is, a new form of the Extended Mind. 

People who were angry that the letter was not written by a human saw that human as delegating the task to someone else, like a boss who tells his secretary to write a love letter to his wife. If instead, people realized that ChatGPT was just a tool, they wouldn't be any more offended by someone using than if the letter were composed on a computer using Microsoft Word instead of handwritten with a quill.

Tara Maya

> On Feb 20, 2023, at 9:07 AM, spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> Why should they apologize?  If ChatGPT can compose a good letter of
> encouragement after a tragedy, why not use it?  It’s a resource, and college
> students are taught to use all available resources, ja?  I don’t see any
> need for apology, and I don’t see any need for the office of whoever
> previously was in charge of composing letters of encouragement and comfort
> after a campus shooting.  Just use ChatGPT for that, ja?

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