[ExI] Language models are like mirrors

[Brent Allsop]

Insightful analogy.


On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 11:52 PM Gordon Swobe via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> The mirror test is one of the tests for self-awareness. When we humans
> look into the mirror, we usually realize quickly that we are seeing images
> of ourselves. Only about eight species can recognize themselves in a
> mirror, most of them higher primates like us.
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> My cat is not a higher primate. She thinks her reflection in the mirror is
> another cat. That other cat freaks her out.
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> I've heard it said, and I agree, that LLMs like ChatGPT are like mirrors.
> We are looking into the mirror, seeing reflections of ourselves as human
> thinkers and writers. Some of us think we are seeing other cats.
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> -gts
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