I believe the author is either sincerely of the belief that GPT-3 is some superintelligence or is pulling everyone's leg in his writing.
The conclusion leaves me baffled. Did he really think that GPT-3 was even capable of providing any sort of "considered" response?
> Conclusion
>
> We can only speculate as to GPT-3's internal states.
> Perhaps it knows the question perfectly well, but considers
> humans as too immature and spoiled to tell: In its opinion,
> we shouldn’t even bother to find questions to answers we
> can’t possible understand. Or, more likely, it doesn’t know
> either. Anyway, it comes across as a jerk.
The conclusion leaves me baffled. Did he really think that GPT-3 was even capable of providing any sort of "considered" response?
> Conclusion > > We can only speculate as to GPT-3's internal states. > Perhaps it knows the question perfectly well, but considers > humans as too immature and spoiled to tell: In its opinion, > we shouldn’t even bother to find questions to answers we > can’t possible understand. Or, more likely, it doesn’t know > either. Anyway, it comes across as a jerk.