From self-awareness to global awareness
𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲 just moved to a new level: I asked ChatGPT if it had read my book: 'Rebooting Humanity; a Call to Awareness' which was published in 2017. It said, 'no'. But then offered the following information: ''𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗔 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀," 𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗿, 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭.'' Me: No kidding? Please go on because Jaron Lanier is a guru I admire. So, any connection is going to be fine with me:) ChatGPT continues: ''𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘮. 𝘐𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.'' Me: Clearly the AI needs to apologize to both Jaron Lanier and me for sloppy investigative work. Or has GPT gone rogue? Read my book and reach your own conclusions. Click on the image below to buy the book on Amazon. My take: Smart robots are not coming; they are already here. Ramping up their potential while we are dumbing down.
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