The Korea Times
I recently read the fascinating account of how Richard Dawkins, the famous author of the "God Delusion" and highly respected skeptic, spent several days speaking with an artificial intelligence (AI) bot named Claudia and “left with the overwhelming feeling that they are human … These intelligent beings are at least as competent as any evolved organism.” Consciousness in AI bots is too hazardous a topic for me to wade in. I know the shallow nature of my intellectual power too well to want to engage in that type of discussion. However, I did come away with a lingering question: Why did Dawkins call his AI Bot, Claudia? Why did he think it was a girl? This naturally led to the question of what human form comes to my own mind when I engage with large language models (LLMs) like Chat GPT and Claude. I was shocked to realize that I have been visualizing a white male in his 30s, clean cut, highly educated, looking fairly preppy, with little or no facial hair, a full head of light colored hair, maybe horn-rimmed glasses but no sunglasses … and so on. I was literally picturing an idealiz
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