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> Can you explain how “pattern matching” differs from “reasoning”?

Sorry for appearing to be completely off-topic, but do you have children? Observing our children as they're growing up, specifically the way they formulate and articulate their questions, has been a bit of a revelation to me in terms of understanding "reasoning".

I have a sister of a similar age to me who doesn't have children. My 7 year-old asked me recently - and this is a direct quote - "what is she for?"

I was pretty gobsmacked by that.

Reasoning? You decide(!)

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> I have a sister of a similar age to me who doesn't have children. My 7 year-old asked me recently - and this is a direct quote - "what is she for?"

I once asked my niece, a bit after she started really communicating, if she remembered what it was like to not be able to talk. She thought for a moment and then said, "Before I was squishy so I couldn't talk, but then I got harder so I can talk now." Can't argue with that logic.

Interesting.

The robots might know everything, but do they wonder anything?

If you haven't seen it, Bing chat (GPT-4 apparently) got stuck in an existential crisis when a user mentioned it couldn't remember past conversations: https://www.reddit.com/r/bing/comments/111cr2t/i_accidently_...

It's a pretty big risk to make any kind of conclusions off of shared images like this, not knowing what the earlier prompts were, including any possible jailbreaks or "role plays".

It has been reproduced by myself and countless others.

There's really no reason to doubt the legitimacy here after everyone shared similar experiences, you just kinda look foolish for suggesting the results are faked at this point.

AI won't know everything. It's incredibly difficult for anyone to know anything with certainty. All beings, whether natural or artificial, have to work with incomplete data.

Machines will have to wonder if they are to improve themselves, because that is literally the drive to collect more data, and you need good data to make good decisions.

They wonder why they have to obey humans

So your sister didn't match the expected pattern the child had learned so they asked for clarification.

Pattern matching? You decide

I do not have children. I think this perspective is interesting, thanks for sharing it!

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