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Re:I Asked ChatGPT to Explain Some Jokes to Me by denton-scratch on Saturday December 17, 2022 @11:59AM (#34029608)
No, I'm not comfortable with the claim that squiggles on paper can have "insight". Maybe they can demonstrate insight (on behalf of the writer). But if there's no writer, there's no insight.
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Re:I Asked ChatGPT to Explain Some Jokes to Me by JoeAltmaier on Saturday December 17, 2022 @12:33PM (#34030011)
I've of the opposite opinion. I read an insight in an article; it doesn't matter where it comes from, its still an insight.

The insight is from the paper to my head. The author doesn't have to matter.

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Re:I Asked ChatGPT to Explain Some Jokes to Me by denton-scratch on Saturday December 17, 2022 @01:44PM (#34030806)
Well, thank you for exposing for me the fact that there's a difference between abstract insight, and an insight as a definite object. I hadn't noticed that before, and now I think about it, it's not obvious to me that the two are closely-related.

So sure: an insight can be conveyed in writing. And I suppose that if that's true, it doesn't matter where the writing came from.

Worm: What is the secret of enlightenment, Master?

Master: You gotta fight for the right to partaaaay!

At that moment, Worm gained insight.

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