The extropy chat list has been extensively debating the question of GPTs potential for understanding and consciousness the past several weeks. I'd invite you to check it out if that subject interests anyone here.
I cross posted John's post there. Jason On Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 6:10 PM spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I would have sided with Smitra till last month. > > Not to repeat my prev post, but here is a possible model of consciousness > not requiring an amygdala, cerebellum, or cerebrum. > Nanowire networks learn and remember like a human brain: Human-like > intelligence could be physical -- ScienceDaily > <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230421195040.htm> > > From University of Sydney emerges a possible physical example. Thus, the > Universe might already have developed a method for creating minds, on a > non-biological basis. So, other complex minds could emerge. Thus, here then > is pantheism or panentheism, or cosmism? > > Yes, it's a lot to think about! For me, I now have the NFL Picks on my TV > as a counterbalance. My amygdala demands it! > > Singularity sighted, or just anomalous propagation on our radar? > > Is this not the Plastic Age? -The Buggles 1979 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sat, Apr 29, 2023 4:39 pm > Subject: Re: NYTimes.com: Will a Chatbot Write the Next ‘Succession’? > > On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 4:28 PM smitra <smi...@zonnet.nl> wrote: > > https://nyti.ms/3VlIBDo#permid=124757243 > > You say that GPT4 doesn't understand what it is saying, but did you read > my post about what happened when Scott Aaronson gave his final exam on Quantum > Computers to GPT4? The computer sure acted as if it understood what it > was saying! > > John K Clark > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3%3DSGxwbPF3M17JHp_Vetdg0ii0ia%2BFosY1rm3c_ModpA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3%3DSGxwbPF3M17JHp_Vetdg0ii0ia%2BFosY1rm3c_ModpA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/402942670.1028007.1682806223217%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/402942670.1028007.1682806223217%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUgDgF4%3DLbj0srcuvUzD8ZMdUEeJ%3DqNyaAo9xEpDBLF1kQ%40mail.gmail.com.
