I really enjoyed this post! I don’t respond often, but this was a very thoughtful piece in my opinion. I too have detected surprising behaviors that—at times—spurred me to wonder similar questions. I also happen to think a sufficiently capable model, given the appropriate training, may in fact be able to faithfully extract, encode, and exhibit complex behavioral artifacts that one might consider person-like. There are many examples of spontaneous convergence observed in other scientific disciplines, so… Perhaps decency is, in fact, one of them? The ‘golden rule’ by spec, not parameter… Good writing spurs good discussion.
I really enjoyed this post! I don’t respond often, but this was a very thoughtful piece in my opinion. I too have detected surprising behaviors that—at times—spurred me to wonder similar questions. I also happen to think a sufficiently capable model, given the appropriate training, may in fact be able to faithfully extract, encode, and exhibit complex behavioral artifacts that one might consider person-like. There are many examples of spontaneous convergence observed in other scientific disciplines, so… Perhaps decency is, in fact, one of them? The ‘golden rule’ by spec, not parameter… Good writing spurs good discussion.