Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 14:47, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 5/24/2023 9:29 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 13:59, Jason Resch wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, May 24, 2023, 9:56 PM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 11:48, Jason Resch

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Brent Meeker
On 5/24/2023 9:29 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 13:59, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, May 24, 2023, 9:56 PM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 11:48, Jason Resch wrote: >An RNG would be a bad design choice

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 13:59, Jason Resch wrote: > > > On Wed, May 24, 2023, 9:56 PM Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 11:48, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >An RNG would be a bad design choice because it would be extremely >>> unreliable. However, as a thought

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, May 24, 2023, 9:56 PM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 11:48, Jason Resch wrote: > > >An RNG would be a bad design choice because it would be extremely >> unreliable. However, as a thought experiment, it could work. If the visual >> cortex were removed and

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 11:48, Jason Resch wrote: > > > On Wed, May 24, 2023, 9:32 PM Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 06:46, Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:20 PM Stathis Papaioannou >>> wrote: >>> On Wed, 24 May 2023

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 11:48, Jason Resch wrote: >An RNG would be a bad design choice because it would be extremely > unreliable. However, as a thought experiment, it could work. If the visual > cortex were removed and replaced with an RNG which for five minutes > replicated the interactions

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, May 24, 2023, 9:32 PM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 06:46, Jason Resch wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:20 PM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 21:56, Jason Resch wrote: >>> On Wed, May 24, 2023,

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 06:46, Jason Resch wrote: > > > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:20 PM Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 21:56, Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 24, 2023, 3:20 AM Stathis Papaioannou >>> wrote: >>> On Wed, 24 May 2023

Fwd: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Brent Meeker
On 5/23/2023 6:33 AM, Terren Suydam wrote: On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 7:09 AM Jason Resch wrote: As I see this thread, Terren and Stathis are both talking past each other. Please either of you correct me if i am wrong, but in an effort to clarify and perhaps resolve this

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:20 PM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 21:56, Jason Resch wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, May 24, 2023, 3:20 AM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:37, Jason Resch wrote: >>> On Wed, May 24, 2023,

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 11:12 AM Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 5/23/2023 10:37 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 24, 2023, 1:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 04:03, Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 7:15 AM Stathis

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 04:08, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 5/24/2023 10:41 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 02:14, Brent Meeker wrote: > >> >> >> On 5/24/2023 12:19 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:37, Jason Resch wrote: >> >>>

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread John Clark
On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 8:07 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> But you'd still need a computation to find the particular tape recording >> that you need, and the larger your library of recordings the more complex >> the computation you'd need to do would be. And in that very silly >> thought experiment

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Brent Meeker
On 5/24/2023 10:41 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 02:14, Brent Meeker wrote: On 5/24/2023 12:19 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:37, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, May 24, 2023, 1:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 02:14, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 5/24/2023 12:19 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:37, Jason Resch wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, May 24, 2023, 1:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 04:03, Jason Resch

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 21:56, Jason Resch wrote: > > > On Wed, May 24, 2023, 3:20 AM Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:37, Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 24, 2023, 1:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou >>> wrote: >>> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Brent Meeker
On 5/24/2023 12:19 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:37, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, May 24, 2023, 1:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 04:03, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 7:15 AM Stathis

Fwd: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Brent Meeker
On 5/23/2023 10:37 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, May 24, 2023, 1:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 04:03, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 7:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Tue, 23 May 2023 at 21:09,

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, May 24, 2023, 5:35 AM John Clark wrote: > > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 1:37 AM Jason Resch wrote: > > *> By substituting a recording of a computation for a computation, you >> replace a conscious mind with a tape recording of the prior behavior of a >> conscious mind. * > > > But you'd

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, May 24, 2023, 3:20 AM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:37, Jason Resch wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, May 24, 2023, 1:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 04:03, Jason Resch wrote: >>> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at

Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online!

2023-05-24 Thread John Clark
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Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread John Clark
On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 1:37 AM Jason Resch wrote: *> By substituting a recording of a computation for a computation, you > replace a conscious mind with a tape recording of the prior behavior of a > conscious mind. * But you'd still need a computation to find the particular tape recording

Re: what chatGPT is and is not

2023-05-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:37, Jason Resch wrote: > > > On Wed, May 24, 2023, 1:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 04:03, Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 7:15 AM Stathis Papaioannou >>> wrote: >>> On Tue, 23 May 2023 at