Crazy to consider that OpenAI &amp; Neuralink share a building in San Francisco. Would be fascinating to hear Max Hodak and Ilya chatting together about language modeling (among other things).<br>I was really curious to hear Ilya go more in-depth with his answer regarding the first moments he spends essentially interviewing an AGI.<br>The question I wanted to hear was how a GPT system could be integrated into a hardware interface that works with a speaker/microphone to output dialogue.<br>I've been trying recently to notice more what is actually occurring subjectively when I converse but it's often difficult to be meta-aware of the process while simultaneously engaged in it. Yesterday, for example, I asked a friend, "How was that new Thai restaurant?" and they replied, "Pretty good. I feel like the curry was better over at the old place we used to go." -- etc -- "So what were you working on today?" "Oh just had to transfer over some documents and try not procrastinate haha." -- "I feel that. What's your go-to social app these days?" --  "Usually YouTube lol." Etc etc.<br>It really is bizarre how this experience we engage in all day just effortlessly occurs, but trying to explain the mechanics of it are incredibly difficult lol. <br>But keep in mind this effortless exchange might disappear when you're trying to communicate with someone who speaks a different language (which you don't speak). Other than the physical and emotional cues you could use to determine meaning and intent...the experience is obviously very different and seems to be somewhat on par with how we currently interact with digital assistants. <br><br><br>It's also kinda interesting to note that the variety of topics that arise in a typical conversation are usually not THAT broad. If I'm talking to a friend in my office...it's usually about mutual interests, sideprojects, living situations, events, etc etc. If I'm talking to family member... there are a set of topics we usually expect to discuss. Clients, same. <br><br><br>In "Her" when Samantha starts her conversation with Theodore, it seems as if there is a period where Samantha is silent, waiting for Theodore to speak. And then once he does... in each moment the system learns more and more about how to respond. Almost like a conversational AlphaZero?<br>How do we move towards that point? I wonder if we can assume that Neuralink will give us way more precise and accurate data about how the brain processes meaning and speech," and that data will inform how OpenAI develops its approach to programming dialogue agents? <br><br><br>In this Chomsky interview - <br><br><br><a href=""https://youtu.be/tbxp8ViBTu8?t=246"">https://youtu.be/tbxp8ViBTu8?t=246</a><br><br><br>he describes the concept of "The Puppetteer" - essentially the mechanism or mechanisms involved in producing "pre-conscious orginazation of thought"," and how, "one can witness this process by simply introspecting on inner speech / mental imagery" (either as you write, while you converse, daydream, etc). <br><br><br>Again, I wonder if Neuralink's research is key here in helping us understand how that mechanism works - and then finding a way to replicate that algorithm in an agent that has all of YouTube/Wikipedia/SocialNetworks/etc etc (the entire internet basically) at it's disposal to serve as the source of it's memories/experiences/knowledge bank.