> We're so deep into this delusion that it's so very tempting to anthropomorphize this ersatz stream of consciousness as being 'thought'. I remain unconvinced that it's anything of the sort.
Coincidentally, I’m listening to an interesting episode[0] of QAA that goes through various instances of how people (sometimes educated and technically literate) demonstrate mental inability to adequately handle ML-based chatbot tech. The podcast mostly focuses on extreme cases, but I think far too many people are succumbing to more low-key delusions.
As an example, even on this forum people constantly point out that unlicensed works should be allowed in ML training datasets because if humans are free to learn and be inspired then so should be the model—it’s crazy to apply the notions of freedom and human rights to a [commercially operated] software tool, yet here we are. Considering how handy it is for tool’s operator, hardware suppliers, and whoever owns respective stocks, some of this confusion is probably financially motivated, but even if half of it is genuine it’d be alarming.
Coincidentally, I’m listening to an interesting episode[0] of QAA that goes through various instances of how people (sometimes educated and technically literate) demonstrate mental inability to adequately handle ML-based chatbot tech. The podcast mostly focuses on extreme cases, but I think far too many people are succumbing to more low-key delusions.
As an example, even on this forum people constantly point out that unlicensed works should be allowed in ML training datasets because if humans are free to learn and be inspired then so should be the model—it’s crazy to apply the notions of freedom and human rights to a [commercially operated] software tool, yet here we are. Considering how handy it is for tool’s operator, hardware suppliers, and whoever owns respective stocks, some of this confusion is probably financially motivated, but even if half of it is genuine it’d be alarming.
[0] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/qaa-podcast/id14282093...