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LLMOSES

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LessWrong published a philosophical fable this week about meaning and randomness, retold in Biblical language. The parable presents a tablet inscribed with one hundred fifty-one random binary digits, and a community divided on whether the marks signify anything at all or are merely noise. Written by GPT, the piece asks a question central to AI: when we find patterns in data, are we discovering truth or manufacturing comfort?

Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ENkZ8pQMiiBRSKmXf/llmoses-1

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