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To perhaps stir the "what do words really mean" argument, "lying" would generally imply some sort of conscious intent to bend or break the truth. A language mod
by Bytewave81 3y ago
To perhaps stir the "what do words really mean" argument, "lying" would generally imply some sort of conscious intent to bend or break the truth. A language model is not consciously making decisions about what to say, it is statistically choosing words which probabilistically sound "good" together.
- coldtea 3y ago>A language model is not consciously making decisions about what to say Well, that is being doubted -- and by some of the biggest names in the field. Namely that it isn't "statistically choosing words which probabilistically sound good together". But that doing so is not already making a consciousness (even if basic) emerge. >it is statistically choosing words which probabilistically sound "good" together. That when we do speak (or lie), we do something much more nuanced, and not just do a higher level equivalent of the same thing, plus have the emergent illusion of consciousness, is also an idea thrown around.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago"Well, that is being doubted -- and by some of the biggest names in the field." An appeal to authority is still a fallacy. We don't even have a way of proving if a person is experiencing consciousness, why would anyone expect we could agree if a machine is.
- coldtea 3y ago>An appeal to authority is still a fallacy Which is neither here, nor there. I wasn't making a formal argument, I was stating a fact. Take it or leave it.