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FridgeParade t1_j9lkb8k wrote

Stop anthropomorphizing an algorithm, its not sentient, its basically very complex multivariate regression statistics used to find patterns in information and text and used to generate new random text. Text which is only correct most of the time because the information patterns it found are obvious enough.

There is no thought process going on, its not actively reasoning about anything.

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whiskeyandbear t1_j9okgqm wrote

I mean I would definitely describe the way it processes things as a thought process. Researchers have had to fine tune the algorithm to find something that will simulate the human thought process enough that it produces text that we can also fundamentally understand as (human) communication. In doing so it is dealing with high level concepts in a fluid way like ourselves.

To say "stop anthropomorphizing" this algorithm is dumb because the entire intent is to mimic the way humans communicate on the internet.

It might not have a sense of self, it might be unable to dynamically change... But to me it's at least a rudimentary capture of the thought processes of the brain. It has intelligence in the way we describe intelligence, but nothing more.

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