AI a Stochastic Parrot?

[Mike DiFilippo]

Very thoughtful article in Nautilus. Thought of Steve's comment Sunday about AI being unable to appreciate art among other failings. This from the article:

"Problems arise for living systems precisely because they need to keep on living. And they do that, Thompson explained, through “autopoiesis,” the biological process of self-creation and self-maintenance by which a cell or organism builds itself, over and over again, through its interactions with the world. Unlike a living creature, nothing matters to an AI, because the AI is not built out of the consequences of its own actions. When nothing matters, nothing is a problem. Nothing means anything. “People call large language models ‘stochastic parrots,’ ” Thompson said. “But I think it’s insulting to parrots.”"

I'm definitely using that Stochastic Parrot in my next discussion of AI...

Full article:

https://nautil.us/what-is-intelligence-1242863/?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nautilus-newsletter

[Angie Boyter]

Mike,

Interesting and thought-provoking . Do you read Nautilus regularly? Otherwise, how did you find it?

Angie

PS I read it aloud to David. It was frustrating because I kept wanting to stop and think! I think he felt the same way; at least when he is listening on his device he can stop and think, but not when each of us might have different "stop and think" places.

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