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For this to be true, they also have to recognise J. R. R. Tolkien, or at least the trees he talked to

@radiofreetom.bsky.social this one is for you...

I guess my point is, humans (and LLMs) aren't designed to have an objective view of themselves, reality, and the universe. I'd also wager, based on studies showing how much music preference is based on cultural context, aliens would think Led Zeplin is shit.

Your description of how AI 'learns' below the comic is spot on as is your insight into what passes for much our 'knowledge' among us, your brave social media readers.

I love this so much, and it strikes me that this is what a university should be about. Unfortunately we’ve given up because we think it’s too hard and decided that we should instead devote ourselves to teaching people that they should try to outsource being human to chatbots.