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Comment by kortilla

4 years ago

No, it says “I” multiple times in that same paragraph. It clearly either struggles with the concept of collective with individual or it has no concept of self vs facts about external things.

“What is needed is a spirit of boundary dissolution, between individuals, between classes, sexual orientations, rich and poor, man and woman, intellectual and feeling toned types. If this can happen, then we will make a new world. And if this doesn’t happen, nature is fairly pitiless and has a place for us in the shale of this planet, where so many have preceded us.”

– Terrence McKenna

I read it as:

It uses I for its own opinions

It uses We when talking about future potential of language models

It refers to itself as ChatGPT when talking about its own capabilities