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by ronjobber 1229 days ago
I think the difference is that when we communicate those ideas, in scientific/academic literature at least, we reference the source of those original ideas, which permits verification and also plays an important social role.
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rednerrus 1229 days ago
You can ask it how it came up with its answer and it will do it's best to give you an explanation. It may not cite its sources directly but it will try to explain.
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freejazz 1229 days ago
> You can ask it how it came up with its answer and it will do it's best to give you an explanation.

will it? or is it just going to start another chain of words it's trying to complete without any regard for its previous statements? My guess is that it's doing what I described and isn't doing what you described (because it can't).

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therealdrag0 1229 days ago
Also not that far off from how humans behave sometimes. Reminds me of split brain studies. Iirc they got human brains to confidently explain reasons for fictional past behavior.
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freejazz 1228 days ago
It might coincidentally be how a human brain behaves, but I made this same point upthread. It's misplaced to think that because we aren't sure exactly what happens when a human thinks, that thinking is what chatGPT does. One has nothing to do with the other.
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therealdrag0 1228 days ago
Totally. I think I just feel like that similarity in behavior could encourage us to forgive its flaws as much as we forgive humans their flaws. In aggregate we clearly still produce value and GPT or similar probably does as well.

I can’t trust GPT but I can’t trust my uncle or my in-laws or the media either. I know that’s not exactly precise or “correct” but I think that’s where we’re headed with AI, rich experiences where you take what you want and leave what you don’t just like with other beings and other creations.

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freejazz 1228 days ago
But there is nothing similar about the behavior. You are jumping to the conclusion based upon an absence of evidence.

>I can’t trust GPT but I can’t trust my uncle or my in-laws or the media either.

So? I don't ask my uncle for legal advice, and he isn't owned by a company and is being offered for his legal advice?

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