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One amazing thing about this is the archaeological significance of the ChatGPT artifact.

Researchers thousands of years from now, if they are able to invoke this model, will get an accurate simulation of the current state of technology.

It's really astounding.



Yeah, not just current, but past also, the latent space of this AI is a direct abstraction of all technological developments that humanity has done until now....


Fascinating thought, though you could say that about internet archive


Yeah and if you have a memex you could simulate yourself as a mirror at any point in time and see how you may have reacted or perceived the world. Or heck, a Roger Penrose for example.


I don't know if I would agree that it is "accurate". It is easy to get it to generate blatantly false "facts"




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