[ExI] Language models are like mirrors

[Colin Hales]

Yeah. Rearview mirrors.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 4:36 AM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> Insightful analogy.
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> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 11:52 PM Gordon Swobe via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>> My cat is not a higher primate. She thinks her reflection in the mirror
>> is another cat. That other cat freaks her out.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -gts
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