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Why Language Machines do not have Souls [Narration]
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Why Language Machines do not have Souls [Narration]

It’s perhaps the clearest demonstration of Platonism ever.

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Why Language Machines do not have Souls

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December 18, 2023
Why Language Machines do not have Souls

It’s been nine months since GPT4 was released. I’m still trying to make sense of things. There’s a dearth of level-headed analysis out there. Most people’s analysis seems to be framed by science fiction novels, or they are still using frameworks inherited from the pre-GPT world, which did not anticipate the success of LLMs. Even the engineers involved d…

And yes, this narration was generated by an AI clone of my voice. Incredible.

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