This essay is about how large language models are a generic resource for the construction of knowledge. It is a comment on the subtle difference between the definition of information against that of knowledge.

Upon watching this clip, I had to ask myself as to why anyone would want an AI girlfriend only to make them imperfectly attractive, even difficult to be with. What’s wrong with dating an imperfectly attractive human right now? Are real women today so deeply undesirable and expectations for fulfillment this bleak? And for some, what purpose would we want to design a romantic companion if we ultimately can’t procreate with them (yet)? Are people drawn to the temporary stimulation of being in the presence of something synthetically arousing and beautiful so much so that they believe it could grow into something that truly substitutes organic life fulfilment?

If text is a projection of the world, then it is a low resolution projection of the world. Surely it conjures up a strong expression of a\* world, but a world expressed in text or through speech was once first conceptualized to be written or spoken. A world is therefore an expression of perspective such that beyond the text, from the subjective point of view, everything else that accompanies it in its transmission, like the sound of your voice, the style of your delivery, your emphases and the intonation you impart enhances and sharpens that resolution for delivery. Text is but one feature of the framework making up the projection.

The question at hand for me is, aside from turning LLM’s into AGI, what else could we builders be doing with this technology?