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I think what’s fascinating about GPT developments is it may very well emulate part of our left brain hemisphere. As McGilchrist pointed out, with lots of resear
by NaN1352 3y ago
I think what’s fascinating about GPT developments is it may very well emulate part of our left brain hemisphere. As McGilchrist pointed out, with lots of research and studies on people with brain damage strokes etc. is that it is the left hemisphere that sees the world from an internal representation. Right hemi. sees a car as the "thing in itself" in direct experience (colours etc). The left hemisphere makes it into a category of "car", now removed from direct experience.
And just like gpt’s data set isnt necessarily truth, so is our own image of the world which as we know can be deeply distorted through abusive childhood, cults etc. In fact, all of human knowledge is simply beliefs, agreed stories about reality. For example "red" is a word/sound that points to an experience. The word alone only has meaning in context (what GPT can handle), but can never substitue for a conscious experience.
Crucially imho, software will never be able to do what the right hemisphere does. And I find it dumbfounding that even Lex Fridman doesnt see the fundamental difference between conceptual thought / language based reasoning, and direct experience aka consciousness.
- jadbox 3y agoI dig this AI connection with McGilchrist' theory of the hemispheres. ChatGPT does seem to behave in ways like a [lobotomized] left hemisphere.
- NaN1352 3y agoYes exactly and it further emphasizes the concerns Gilchrist has with his theory that there is an imbalance that has grown and shaped society. I wonder just what influence will it have if we end up spending lots of time using chat-like interface but talking to someone who is so "left brained". How will it change us and how we relate to one another? Probaby not in good ways I’m afraid. Especially at a time of increasing loneliness, distance relationships, online friendships, less intimacy… woke culture etc.