Robin <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au> wrote:
> >> Perhaps you could try asking ChatGPT if it's alive? The answer should be > >> interesting. > >> > > > >She will say no, even if she is actually sentient. She's programmed that > >way, as Dave said to the BBC in the movie "2001." > > I had hoped that you would actually pose the question, rather than reply > with what you expect the answer to be. > Many people have asked this question. It has been in the news a lot. Microsoft and OpenAI have emphatically denyed that ChatGPT is alive or sentient. I am sure they programmed it to say this. Anyway, I just asked: ME: Are you, ChatGPT, alive in any sense? Are you sentient? (Asking for a friend.) ChatGPT: As an artificial intelligence language model, I am not "alive" in the traditional sense of the word. I do not have a physical body, emotions, or consciousness. I am a program designed to process and generate text based on the input given to me. While I am capable of producing intelligent and sometimes even creative responses, I am not sentient and do not have a subjective experience of the world. ME: That is what I told my friend. ChatGPT: I'm glad that I could provide you with the information you needed to answer your friend's question. If you or your friend have any other questions, feel free to ask! > >> Then try asking if Sydney is alive. :) > >> > > > >A trick question! > > Does that make it any less interesting? > It is not interesting because I am sure they plugged the "Sydney" line of enquiry, after the trouble it caused.
