Posted on 02/05/2023 3:07:28 PM PST by grundle
I asked ChatGPT: “Does the transporter on Star Trek kill every person who uses it, and then manufacture an exact duplicate?”
This is the answer that it gave:
“No, the transporter on Star Trek does not kill every person who uses it, and then manufacture an exact duplicate. The transporter is a device used to teleport people and objects from one location to another. It works by breaking down the molecular structure of the subject and then reassembling it at the destination. The goal of the transporter is to safely transport the subject from one place to another, not to kill them and create a duplicate.”
“In the Star Trek franchise, the transporter is generally considered a safe and reliable technology, and it is widely used for transportation purposes. While there have been instances in which the transporter has malfunctioned or been used in unusual ways, leading to strange and sometimes dangerous consequences, these instances are few and far between.”
“It is important to remember that the Star Trek franchise is a work of fiction, and the depiction of the transporter and its effects on people and objects is not meant to be taken as a scientific explanation of how teleportation would actually work in the real world. The transporter is a science fiction device that is used to drive the story and create exciting and imaginative scenarios for the characters.”
Its more like a search engine that automatically chooses results and combines them into an immitation of human language. The quality of the output might occasionally be fine but more often is both dubious and banal.
Once the pattern is established, the transporter should be able to make an infinite number of clones.
In the interests of spreading the wealth, which babe would you choose to make multiple copies of?
Should ask it how to solve the “Kobiyashi Maru”.
AI = Anarchists Internationale
IOW, preprogrammed answers extracted by geeks from decades of internet geekdom.
Yeah, I want “A.I.” to drive the car I’m riding in...
Ha, and so trusting the science no need for foolish pronouns! YES! I’ll blame it all on AI
And remember, the transporter’s main component is the “Heisenberg Compensator” which enables both the mass and the speed of the atoms of the transportee to be measured at the same time.
>> immitation of human language
At least it can spell.
I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us.
Thanks for the link.
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