Answers.Body: <p>I tried this. The whole chat log is below:</p>
  <p>My input:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Someone mentioned panpsychism to me, I don't know what it is. How do I find out?</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>ChatGPT:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Panpsychism is a philosophical theory that holds that consciousness, or some form of mentality, is a fundamental feature of the universe and that all physical matter possesses it to some degree. It is a controversial theory and is debated in the fields of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. To find out more about panpsychism, you can start by reading some introductory texts on the topic such as David Chalmers' &quot;The Conscious Mind&quot; or &quot;Panpsychism in the West&quot; by David Skrbina. Additionally, you can search for academic articles and papers on the topic to gain a deeper understanding of the various arguments and criticisms of the theory.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>It's fairly clear that ChatGPT has been trained on content that describes panpsychism.</p>
  <p>Why did you get an &quot;I don't know&quot; in your attempt? It is probably because you mispelled the term as &quot;panpsyquism&quot; and ChatGPT did not make the link. Sometimes it still might, depending on the misspelling, because ChatGPT doesn't just break down text into words,  but also will use individual characters for uncommon words. So it can spell and deal with some misspellings.</p>
  <p>However it is worth bearing in mind that ChatGPT generates output semi-randomly, and it may from time to time output factually incorrect sentences or try to reframe your question or other things that humans might do in a chat scenario, including &quot;I don't know&quot; or &quot;that question does not have an answer&quot; because it has been trained on a lot of human-written content where these things happen. If you are exploring the limits of ChatGPT's abilities, it is always worth repeating an experiment a few times.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I asked her what panpsychism was and it couldn't answer. Why doesn't it have that kind of knowledge? Is it for some ethical reason?</p>
  <p>Its answer:</p>
  <pre><code>what is panpsyquism?
  Panpsyquism is not a recognized term. It is not clear what it would refer to.
  </code></pre>
  
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Comments.Text: I’m voting to close this question because the same or similar question was asked and answered by the same poster.
Comments.UserDisplayName: David Hoelzer
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Comments.Text: How many times and ways have you asked? Remember that the responses are often not factual or "knowledge", and that "I don't know" is a normal human response that is in the training data and that the model will replicate from time to time regardless of the question. The pre-prompting and chat setup will make this less likely, but it will be more likely for more obscure questions where the answer "I don't know" or similar is going to turn up in training data.
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Comments.Text: Thanks, after asking her to stratify the word panpsychism, she knew how to respond.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Maya Rahto
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Comments.Text: You mispelled it in your first question!
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Comments.Text: ChatGPT is not _aware_ of anything. It is important to remember that it just regurgitates stuff it has been trained on, and that there is no understanding or awareness of anything.
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Comments.Text: Why did you use the pronoun "She" to refer to ChatGPT? Better to use "it" in our days and times. English and other languages have the "it", which makes it useful and particularly suitable in these cases.
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Tags: <chat-bots><chatgpt>
Title: Why is ChatGPT not aware of panpsychism?
UserDisplayName: Maya Rahto
ThreadText: # Why is ChatGPT not aware of panpsychism?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-18)
  
  I asked her what panpsychism was and it couldn't answer. Why doesn't it have that kind of knowledge? Is it for some ethical reason?
  
  Its answer:
  
  ```
  what is panpsyquism?
  Panpsyquism is not a recognized term. It is not clear what it would refer to.
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** chat-bots, chatgpt
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: How many times and ways have you asked? Remember that the responses are often not factual or "knowledge", and that "I don't know" is a normal human response that is in the training data and that the model will replicate from time to time regardless of the question. The pre-prompting and chat setup will make this less likely, but it will be more likely for more obscure questions where the answer "I don't know" or similar is going to turn up in training data.  
  > **username_0**: Thanks, after asking her to stratify the word panpsychism, she knew how to respond.  
  > **username_2**: You mispelled it in your first question!  
  > **username_3**: ChatGPT is not _aware_ of anything. It is important to remember that it just regurgitates stuff it has been trained on, and that there is no understanding or awareness of anything.  
  > **username_4**: Why did you use the pronoun "She" to refer to ChatGPT? Better to use "it" in our days and times. English and other languages have the "it", which makes it useful and particularly suitable in these cases.  
  > **username_1**: I’m voting to close this question because the same or similar question was asked and answered by the same poster.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2023-01-18. Score: 5
  
  I tried this. The whole chat log is below:
  
  My input:
  
  > Someone mentioned panpsychism to me, I don't know what it is. How do I find out?
  
  ChatGPT:
  
  > Panpsychism is a philosophical theory that holds that consciousness, or some form of mentality, is a fundamental feature of the universe and that all physical matter possesses it to some degree. It is a controversial theory and is debated in the fields of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. To find out more about panpsychism, you can start by reading some introductory texts on the topic such as username_1 Chalmers' "The Conscious Mind" or "Panpsychism in the West" by username_1 Skrbina. Additionally, you can search for academic articles and papers on the topic to gain a deeper understanding of the various arguments and criticisms of the theory.
  
  It's fairly clear that ChatGPT has been trained on content that describes panpsychism.
  
  Why did you get an "I don't know" in your attempt? It is probably because you mispelled the term as "panpsyquism" and ChatGPT did not make the link. Sometimes it still might, depending on the misspelling, because ChatGPT doesn't just break down text into words, but also will use individual characters for uncommon words. So it can spell and deal with some misspellings.
  
  However it is worth bearing in mind that ChatGPT generates output semi-randomly, and it may from time to time output factually incorrect sentences or try to reframe your question or other things that humans might do in a chat scenario, including "I don't know" or "that question does not have an answer" because it has been trained on a lot of human-written content where these things happen. If you are exploring the limits of ChatGPT's abilities, it is always worth repeating an experiment a few times.
  
  
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