A potentially relevant exchange I had recently with ChatGPT 4o

https://​​chatgpt.com/​​share/​​67b97c89-19c0-8005-bd93-7c6e2ca4bd5f

Topics include: Turing completeness, Bayesian engines, predictive processing, meta-cognition, epistemic uncertainty, mortal computation, the free energy principle, active inference, the nature and future of intelligence, entropy and the heat death of the universe, Karl Friston, Joscha Bach

The conversation begins with some questions and answers, heads off on various tangents, and then I ask ChatGPT to ask me questions to test my understanding of the material. After that, we reflect on the nature of intelligence and the role it might play in the evolution of the universe.

I would be really interested to hear what folks on this forum think of the ideas we discussed, as well as the utility of chatbots as learning facilitators—in this exchange I appreciated how ChatGPT regularly asked me questions that encouraged deeper consideration of the ideas at hand.

This is my first post, so please let me know if I’ve made any mistakes or taboos inadvertently!