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The futuristic assistant in that simulation exercise was the first known member of “ChatGPT’s species.” It was the first of the Helpful, Honest, and Harmless Assistants.

And it was conceived, originally, as science fiction.

The author of the “HHH prompt” is trying to imagine how a future AI might talk, and falling back on old sci-fi tropes.

Is this the sort of thing that an AI would say, by nature?

Well, now it is – because of the HHH prompt and its consequences. ChatGPT says this kind of stuff, for instance.

However, it is worth pointing out that researchers now think a growing number of biological processes exploit quantum mechanics — like bird navigation, which uses quantum entanglement, and photosynthesis, which involves quantum tunneling. If quantum biology is real and takes place inside “warm and wet” systems, who’s to say that quantum neurobiolog... See more