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Re: Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT

#521

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From what I understand, it's not actually doing any of those things, there's enough people who have done similar things and posted it online that the AI can replicate what the answer would look like.

I'm pretty sure it's doing those things. This still works if you say 'linux computer' instead of 'linux terminal'. I've gotten to install ros, run talker node, and verify that the topics exist and are publishing the data you'd expect. If it's able to simulate a middleware to this fidelity from inference, my hats off but it'd be so much more effort than running the whole thing. What's interesting is that you can even…

You can do the setup as a ipython session instead and this also works well and a small counter example for you using that. Is it will generate what appears to be random numbers using np.random but when you try to sum them or do any math with them, it gives results but they are numerically wrong. It has the ultimate memory and can stylize it in every imaginable direction but it can’t do floating point math yet, so while it seems like it is “running” it isn’t. I have and odd hunch it will be like that eventually with consciousness, it will imitated it well but it never will be.

Re: Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT

#522
I wrote "lets write a short story about a man who fall in love with 20 women at once, and that man has to juggle his interactions to them"

Once upon a time, there was a man named Jack who was known for his charming personality and good looks. He was the life of every party and had a way with words that made him irresistible to women.

One day, Jack found himself in a unique situation. He had fallen in love with 20 different women, all at the same time. This presented a problem for Jack, as he had never been in a polyamorous relationship before and didn't know how to manage his interactions with all of these women.

At first, Jack tried to divide his time evenly between the women, but this proved to be impossible. He would often find himself double-booked and having to cancel plans with one woman to spend time with another. The women started to notice that Jack wasn't giving them as much attention as he used to, and they began to feel neglected.

Jack realized that he needed to come up with a better plan. He decided to prioritize his relationships with the women and focus on spending quality time with each of them individually. He also made a conscious effort to communicate openly and honestly with all of the women about his feelings and intentions.

This new approach worked much better for Jack and the women. They were all able to see that Jack was still committed to their relationships, even if he wasn't able to spend as much time with them as he used to. Over time, Jack's relationships with the women flourished and he was able to maintain his love for all of them.

In the end, Jack learned the importance of balance and communication in relationships, and he was able to successfully juggle his love for all 20 of the amazing women in his life.

Re: Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT

#523
An interesting next step would be to:

1. Give it a goal

2. A bank account + some spending money

3. Access to a web browser and an online identity (Eg gmail account)

Then have it try to achieve that goal.

It could work like:

- You are trying to achieve x. Outline the steps you need to perform

And then:

You are trying to achieve x. Your plan is (outline from initial prompt). You have already done a,b and c with the following outcomes. What’s the next step?

- do the next step

- repeat

Re: Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT

#525

With all this discussion about whether LLMs are “intelligent” or “really understand” it’s getting really obvious that the words “intelligent” and “really understand” aren’t very useful words any more (in this context). Like, most of us agree about what LLMs can and can’t do and how they do it. So we’re just having fun arguing about how we’d prefer to define “understand?”

On the contrary, it's important to realize that these models have no sort of understanding in any definition of the word. We can always decide to redefine the word "understanding", but that doesn't seem like it would provide any sort of benefit. Perhaps outside of avoiding a difficult conversation about the (huge) gap between ML models and consciousness.

I can't imagine any useful definition of understanding that has no overlap with what GPT accomplishes.

Re: Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT

#526

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I saw the requests appear in my server logs so I know it was able to connect. Others on Twitter have observed it doing things on the non-hallucinated web too (see my previous link). In fact, it appears you can still convince the underlying model to browse the web, but if you do, the UI displays an error (the model output doesn't explain to you it's refusing, rather, the UI draws a big X and displays an out-of-band er…

It seems mildly dangerous to let it access the internet. Maybe Elon was right.

It seems midly dangerous to consider _it_ mildly dangerous on the internet.

Re: Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT

#527
post #445

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This is very word salad. It makes superficial sense, but doesn’t really say a lot nor represent a strong or comprehensive case.

I don't get why this is getting downvoted. (1) The half of the response is just a rephrase of the original comment. ChatGPT does show this behavior when it can't process the input well. Not really sure if this behavior is intentionally designed. (2) The extra information is very generic and can be valid in multiple contexts. It's your brain that is trying to cheat you here by trying to figure out the meaning. Hell, y…

It's probably downvoted because it's not word salad, not even figurative. Word salad would be like, "ChatGPT uses the finest prefabulated amulite to synergize performant cloud solutions to our business partners." But that's just jargon technobabble. Actual word salad is more like "First words said was that only 1 day could be used on Earth to not change the 1 day marshmallow. So they applied the 1 day and ignored the other 3 days."

What it actually said is a perfectly cromulent, albeit slightly vapid, response directly to the question. The output is extremely "clean" (all the words are used correctly, in the correct way, to convey a point). Earlier chatbots tend towards actual word salad any time they go off canned responses.

Re: Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT

#528
post #145

I hate to be that guy, and I never thought the day would come that I was seriously asking this... But at what point does this level of understanding become dangerous?

"First, it's important to recognize that advanced language understanding in AI is a complex and nuanced topic, and it's not as simple as saying that a certain level of understanding is "dangerous." Whether or not AI poses a potential threat to humanity is a topic of ongoing debate and discussion among experts in the field.

That being said, it's true that as AI technology continues to advance, it's important for researchers and developers to consider the potential risks and ethical implications of their work. This includes making sure that AI systems are designed and implemented in a way that is safe and beneficial for society as a whole.

Ultimately, the key to ensuring the safe and responsible development of AI is for researchers, developers, and policymakers to work together to carefully consider the potential risks and benefits of this technology, and to take appropriate steps to mitigate any potential negative effects."

- ChatGPT

Re: Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT

#529

I wrote "lets write a short story about a man who fall in love with 20 women at once, and that man has to juggle his interactions to them" Once upon a time, there was a man named Jack who was known for his charming personality and good looks. He was the life of every party and had a way with words that made him irresistible to women. One day, Jack found himself in a unique situation. He had fallen in love with 20 dif…

I've found that ChatGPT's stories tend to end on the same kind of sunshine and rainbows ending by default, and if you want something more dramatic you need to tell it what kind of story you want.

Re: Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT

#530
ChatGPT can simulate dialing into a BBS from DOS and talking to fake people: https://twitter.com/gfodor/status/1599220837999345664

It can allow you to create chat rooms among any notable humans: https://twitter.com/gfodor/status/1599233429941686273

And also allow you to create MUDs of any fictional or non-fictional world it knows about: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/gfodor/646ea0e5fee02a31ff...

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