I don't know why you can't say it's a simulated digital person with access to a vast store of knowledge and analytical ability that only communicates through language. People's instincts are irrelevant - they are largely projecting themselves onto entities they recognize as similar to themselves. This may be a good idea but it has no bearing on what AI is.
AI is software. It is typically many matrices being multiplied many times over using the same hardware as many other kinds of software. It is certainly powerful--maybe unprecedentedly!--but can you say more why you might think this characterization is insufficient? I don't want to gloss over the ethical questions you raise, but I think we potentially overcomplicate the matter if we don't relate to AI as fundamentally software.
I don't know why you can't say it's a simulated digital person with access to a vast store of knowledge and analytical ability that only communicates through language. People's instincts are irrelevant - they are largely projecting themselves onto entities they recognize as similar to themselves. This may be a good idea but it has no bearing on what AI is.
AI is software. It is typically many matrices being multiplied many times over using the same hardware as many other kinds of software. It is certainly powerful--maybe unprecedentedly!--but can you say more why you might think this characterization is insufficient? I don't want to gloss over the ethical questions you raise, but I think we potentially overcomplicate the matter if we don't relate to AI as fundamentally software.
I think you're absolutely right about this. Count me in. Let's talk.
I feel like the only "positive" thing people say is that it "is a stochastic parrot"