▲ 4 ▼ What's a philosophical (not overtly political) position that you hold? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by halfelfhalfreindeer@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) No, because not all my decisions are language-based. As gotchas go, this one's particularly lazy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm having a hard time imagining a decision that can't be language based. You come to a fork in the road and choose to go right. Obviously there was no language involved in that decision, but the decision can certainly be expressed with language and so a large language model can make a decision. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) But I don't make all my decisions linguistically. A model that did would never act as I do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 years ago* It doesn't matter how it comes to make a decision as long as the outcome is the same. Sorry, this is beside the point. Forget ChatGPT. What I meant was a set of algorithms that produce the same outputs as your own choices, even though it doesn't involve any thoughts or feelings or experiences. Not a true intelligence, just an NPC that acts exactly like you act. Imagine this thing exists. Are you saying that this is indistinguishable from you? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm having a hard time imagining a decision that can't be language based. You come to a fork in the road and choose to go right. Obviously there was no language involved in that decision, but the decision can certainly be expressed with language and so a large language model can make a decision. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) But I don't make all my decisions linguistically. A model that did would never act as I do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 years ago* It doesn't matter how it comes to make a decision as long as the outcome is the same. Sorry, this is beside the point. Forget ChatGPT. What I meant was a set of algorithms that produce the same outputs as your own choices, even though it doesn't involve any thoughts or feelings or experiences. Not a true intelligence, just an NPC that acts exactly like you act. Imagine this thing exists. Are you saying that this is indistinguishable from you? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) But I don't make all my decisions linguistically. A model that did would never act as I do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 years ago* It doesn't matter how it comes to make a decision as long as the outcome is the same. Sorry, this is beside the point. Forget ChatGPT. What I meant was a set of algorithms that produce the same outputs as your own choices, even though it doesn't involve any thoughts or feelings or experiences. Not a true intelligence, just an NPC that acts exactly like you act. Imagine this thing exists. Are you saying that this is indistinguishable from you? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 years ago* It doesn't matter how it comes to make a decision as long as the outcome is the same. Sorry, this is beside the point. Forget ChatGPT. What I meant was a set of algorithms that produce the same outputs as your own choices, even though it doesn't involve any thoughts or feelings or experiences. Not a true intelligence, just an NPC that acts exactly like you act. Imagine this thing exists. Are you saying that this is indistinguishable from you? permalink fedilink source parent