#evolution #belief #truth #consensus #darwin #chatgpt #large-language-model #rationality #intelligence #universe #information #multiverse #physic #diet #smoking #nutrition #noise #richard-dawkins #selfish-gene #ai #llm Created at 090223 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought Last modified date: 2023-02-09 Commit: 0 # Related # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # LLM outputs are the consensus of humanity - not truth [[ChatGPT]] or any [[Large language model|LLM]] are the consensus of humanity - not truth. [[Consensus]] means a common [[Belief|belief]] among a group of [[Philosophy/Rationality/Intelligence|intelligent]] beings. Beliefs are means to take decisions under uncertainty because you have to take a decision under time-pressure. In other words you cannot afford collecting all [[Our universe|universe]] [[Information|information]] before taking a decision, how are you going to live this way? So, yes, beliefs are often wrong, sometimes true. But again, [[Truth|truth]] is not absolute, [[Truth is a Pathless Land]]. For example [[Relativity|relativity]] is true from our standpoint, but maybe, if the [[The multiverse|many worlds interpretation]] is true, an alien in another universe have different laws of [[Physic|physics]] and thus relativity his wrong from his viewpoint. ## Examples ### Diet ![[Pasted image 20230209164654.png]] So ChatGPT believe (and thus humanity) that the healthiest diet is fruit & vegetable, whole grain, lean protein, low fat & vegetable/seed fat However, this does not mean truth, just an agreement until belief are changed. Cigarette smoking was thought "ok-ish" in the past, slowly became more obvious that it's "kinda harmful" and now we agree that it "causes" cancer. Don't say it's true though, maybe someone will discover that it was wrong, but we just agree that smoking causes cancer. *Regarding ChatGPT specific answer, my beliefs are opposed to humanity's consensus on diet based on several books, such as [[Gary Taubes - Good Calories - Bad Calories- Fats - Carbs - and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health]], [[Malcolm Kendrick - The Clot Thickens]] & [[Refined oils|vegetable oil]] - but who care nutrition is mostly [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Noise|noise]].* ### Evolution In "The Greatest Show on Earth", [[Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene|Richard Dawkins]] complains that according to some polls, a large amount of americans deny [[Darwin]]'s theory of [[Evolution]], on the other hand, [[ChatGPT]] seems to agree with it. Probably means that the training distribution of ChatGPT has more pro-evolution information that con-evolution. ![[Pasted image 20230209165404.png]] ![[Pasted image 20230209165603.png]]