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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by Mordisquitos on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:44AM (#36537046)
Intelligence is hard enough to define already, but consider that human intelligence can only be evaluated inasmuch as it allows its holder to successfully satisfy his or her own interests and purposes in the current environment and circumstances. That implies of course having interests and purposeful objectives.

Are you+ChatGPT more intelligent than I am by myself? Almost certainly. You have extended your abilities to fulfill your purposes, and can demonstrably do so better than I can.

However, is ChatGPT itself more intelligent than I am? Well, what are ChatGPT's purposes and objectives? What is its environment? What does ChatGPT want, so we can measure its ability to achieve it?

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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by bottlepalm on Friday June 30, 2023 @09:33PM (#36545317)
Three paragraphs desperately trying to rationalize the fact that you wouldn’t be able to prove that you are the more intelligent one in the scenario I presented.

Time to face the truth.

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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by Mordisquitos on Saturday July 01, 2023 @04:17AM (#36547954)
You seem to be under the misapprehension that I have any motivation to enter a dick-measuring competition with ChatGPT, let alone one that would not measure intelligence but instead would be biased towards the outcome you want to prove.

How do you understand intelligence? How do you judge it? And why should it matter to me?

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