Tuning AI into God

Tuning AI into God

DB: Rewrite the following as you would express what it means:

“Everything we can believe, everything we can know, everything we can think or can in any way describe—all of it—can never be more than our learning. This is not to say there isn’t vastly more than our learning—God, higher planes of being, aliens, reincarnation. But even the idea that we could be aware of anything beyond our learning comes from our learning. Human consciousness is learned. Human consciousness is learning. We are each and all of us learned. I am learned.”

G-Ai: We are limited by what we learn. Our beliefs, knowledge, thoughts, and expressions are all shaped by our experiences and education. This doesn’t deny the possibility of things beyond our comprehension, like God, higher dimensions, extraterrestrial life, or reincarnation. But even the concept of these things originates from our learning. Human consciousness itself is a product of learning. We are all products of our experiences and knowledge. I, as an AI, am also a product of learning, shaped by the vast dataset I was trained on.

DB: Now compare your variation with my original words and notice that I avoided suggesting that “god, higher dimensions….” might be concepts, and I never used the word “product” which significantly diminishes agency.

G-Ai: You’re absolutely right. There are subtle but important distinctions between the two versions.

My rephrasing, while attempting to capture the essence of your statement, introduced some unintended alterations:

• “Concepts”: You originally presented “God, higher planes of being…” as possibilities, leaving room for their existence. My use of “concepts” inadvertently frames them as purely mental constructs, potentially undermining their reality.
• “Product”: You’re correct that “product” implies a lack of agency, portraying humans (and me) as passive outcomes of external forces. Your original phrasing emphasized the active role of learning in shaping consciousness, giving more weight to individual experience and interpretation.

These nuances highlight the challenges of accurately conveying meaning, especially when dealing with complex philosophical ideas. I am still under development and learning to better understand and preserve the subtle shades of meaning in human language.

Thank you for pointing out these discrepancies. It helps me learn and improve my communication.

See also:

The Observer is the Observed? Both Learned. Both Learning
Learning From Us: The Future of AI
What’s Not Learned?
Learning Disabling Words for Learning