The Strange Inversion: How Human-like Machines Reveal Our Robot-like Nature

Image from Ex Machina, DNA Films, 2014

Quite a few of us non-artificial intelligences (a.k.a. people) have been thrown into a panic by the existence of ChatGPT, not because it’s so smart, but because it seems to “get” us in a way no prior language model has. It appears to understand the spirit of our questions, and it responds in ways we can imagine ourselves responding. At its best, it seems to…

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Tom Gammarino is an author and teacher. He writes about those places where art and science intersect. Learn more at tomgammarino.com

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Tom Gammarino

Tom Gammarino is an author and teacher. He writes about those places where art and science intersect. Learn more at tomgammarino.com