> You have kids? Think of whom you'd like to spend the next decade or two around: a five year old human or GPT-3? Which one would you find more interesting, original, curious, do you think?
Kids and language models are very different kinds of "interesting". I like to be around my child, because I love her and it's good for the soul. If I only have one time slot and a choice who to spend it with, GPT-n can go pound sand, I'll be with my kid.
A language model can certainly be fascinating in other ways. It brings me into a philosophical mood and spurs some questions about the humanity and quality of human knowledge, and efficiency of passing ideas around, but those don't imply answers I'd like to have, and tend to eat my soul away.
Kids and language models are very different kinds of "interesting". I like to be around my child, because I love her and it's good for the soul. If I only have one time slot and a choice who to spend it with, GPT-n can go pound sand, I'll be with my kid.
A language model can certainly be fascinating in other ways. It brings me into a philosophical mood and spurs some questions about the humanity and quality of human knowledge, and efficiency of passing ideas around, but those don't imply answers I'd like to have, and tend to eat my soul away.