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2023-04-07 13:42 UTC
@Odiseo79@mas.to @DrewKadel@social.coop (that's not true for most topics but I assume that OpenAI has fairly carefully cultivated what information it's seen about ChatGPT, if only for PR purposes. If they hadn't done that, you'd be getting responses that were its best guess based on its corpus of material, which could include information about how it works, it doesn't know more about how it works than how Bing Chat works or how a motorcycle works; if it's read the operating manual then it can tell you a bit, but it's not *actually *introspecting any more than humans can tell you how their brains work vs just repeating what they read in a neurology textbook)
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@DrewKadel@social.coop 2023-04-07 13:51
@roywig@mathstodon.xyz @Odiseo79@mas.to It's interesting though to consider how humans learn. I've read mostly popular stuff about neurology & absorbed some concepts, but as I get old I start to put together ideas based on the changes I've perceived in myself over time + what I've read. For instance, I'm more convinced that the brain is merely a physical organ that undergoes changes over time--and that humans are less wise than they think. (I'm writing a theology book featuring that) We're more tool makers than wise.