In addition to the above, I’d add in some stuff about how blank slate theory seems to be wrong as a matter of human psychology. If evidence comes out tomorrow that actually humans are blank slates to a much greater extent than I realized, so much so that e.g. the difference between human and dog brains is basically just size and training data, I’d be more optimistic that what’s going on inside LLMs isn’t deeply alien.
In addition to the above, I’d add in some stuff about how blank slate theory seems to be wrong as a matter of human psychology. If evidence comes out tomorrow that actually humans are blank slates to a much greater extent than I realized, so much so that e.g. the difference between human and dog brains is basically just size and training data, I’d be more optimistic that what’s going on inside LLMs isn’t deeply alien.