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		AuryGlenz on March 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GPT-4 There were plenty of Star Trek episodes where it seemed like they should just ask the damned computer. Then again, Data did show his faults, particularly not having any emotion. I guess we’ll see if that’s actually relevant or not in our lifetimes.

int_19h on March 14, 2023 [–]

As far as that last part goes, I think we already have ample evidence that bots can, if not have emotions, then pretend that they do (including wrt their decision making) well enough for humans to treat them as genuine.

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