ChatGPT Reaches 9-yp Human Success on "Theory Of Mind" Tests

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-chatgpt-theory-mind-year-old-human.html

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WORTH noting. Even Chimps don't rise to THIS level.

M$ has taken ChatGPT and put it on bigger, faster,
systems with better access than the original dev
environment. It now sounds kinda scary sometimes,
almost like it has a 'personality', a 'self-image'.

It IS a self-improving learning algo at its root.

Of note this is a 'self-improving' system that
plunders the net for factoids/paradigms and is now
seeing a LOT more info about ITSELF. This is kind
of interesting - it gets to SEE itself through
multiple mirrors and uses this data about itself
to tweak itself. Think about where that might lead
with enough hardware.

If you fake anything well enough it's not fake
anymore. The MEANS to the end isn't important,
just the end result.

There are likely a number of paths to "intelligence/
consciousness". Chat MAY be one of those ways, given
enough resources/time.

Note also that Chat showed NO ability to answer
TOM issues merely a year ago. Now it's at a
seriously human level. Something IS happening
here and it's happening QUICKLY.