Let me tell you about a Microsoft AI researcher […] who recently spent quite a lot of time considering whether the legendary Microsoft real time strategy game Age of Empires II is conscious, and built a basic neural network within the video game using digital goats to prove his point. […]
De Wynter built an LLM within AoEII using goats. “The point of the paper is to formally show that we anthropomorphise too readily, and that sometimes the claims we make with regards to LLM capabilities are too strong,” he told 404 Media. “It’s not an easy task, given that ‘human-like attributes’ is a bit of an abstract term.”
Some conversations really should require all participants to pass a quiz before commenting. Sentience is one of those topics.
Okay, so… go on… Why troll and not educate?
Yeah, sure, just let me briefly outline the problem of sentience lol
I wasn’t criticizing the person I replied to, just anticipating they’re probably in for frustration.
Wait, by “some conversations,” you weren’t hinting at the very conversation you have been participating in?
If so, you realize that you could have dodged all of those downvotes with just a changed comment start of, “Agreed. In fact, […]” instead of proceeding immediately with the “some conversations”… right?! Communication is vital…
in retrospect, yes.
Trying not to worry about downvotes too much these days.
Sure, though I think concern over misinterpretation is worthwhile! Generally, votes are an indicator of that, I think.
They are, but it annoys me that people often interpret a comment by the votes, and I’m generally hostile towards herd behavior.
Fair, they can certainly hurt legit, uncommon thoughts… I use them as a minor guide but certainly not the end-all, and have spoken adamantly over the years about comments whose vote counts I strongly thought should be flipped in polarity (in both ways).