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Can you define what you think humanity is?

Is the ability to define humanity required?

required? no. This isn't a gotcha moment or anything, I was just confused at the user's harking back to the idea of 'Humanity' and am trying to grasp how they define humanity and how something like an llm can show 'humanity'

They are trained on a slice of humanity's collective consciousness. Our books, our conversations, our art.

Is wheat bread, wheat? No. Is it undeniably linked to wheat? Does it express an aspect of wheat? Yes. It has no ability to become wheat. You can't plant it. But it was born of wheat and contains a sliver of wheat-ness.

So, from what you're saying with the connection of wheat; if my pet parrot whistles the happy birthday song to me, it is expressing humanity?

Absolutely. Do you disagree?

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