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by xwolfi 762 days ago
Monkeys who've trained since birth to use sign language, and can reply incredible questions, have the same issue. The researchers noticed they never once asked a question like "why is the sky blue?" or "why do you dress up". Zero initiating conversation, but they do reply when you ask what they want.

I suppose it would cost even more electricity to have ChatGPT musing alone though, burning through its nvidia cards...