πŸ•³οΈ Plato's cave allegory: people chained πŸ”— facing a wall, seeing only shadows πŸŒ“ cast by a fire πŸ”₯ behind them. The shadows are their reality.
Imagine we're those people πŸ‘­, born into the digital age, chained πŸ‘» to our screens πŸ’». The Internet 🌐 is our cave wall, and the data we consume are just shadows πŸŒ‘ of reality.
LLMs like GPT-4 are trained 🧠 on vast datasets, like all text πŸ“š on the web. They learn patterns and relationships, but it's still just shadows 🌚 of knowledge.
To truly escape the cave 🏞️, we must think critically πŸ€”, question our assumptions, and seek truth through discourse and empiricism. Don't just accept LLM’s words as reality. πŸ™…β€β™€οΈ
Use them as a tool, πŸ”§ for knowledge, but think for yourselves! The path to enlightenment πŸ’‘ lies in escaping the subjective shadows and pursuing objective understanding. πŸŒ„
#Plato #LLM #AI #CaveAllegory #CriticalThinking #Enlightenment

The cave in Plato's Republic

@Caitoz

I was reading again this piece:
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/31/caitlin-johnstone-it-rarely-looks-like-this/

and I was struck by your description (at the end) of the struggle faced by those who have broken free of the invisible web of propaganda in which we live as they try to awaken others. It reminded me strongly of how, in the Cave allegory, those who have escaped the Cave and return to rescue others are resisted and resented.

#propaganda #Plato #CaveAllegory

Caitlin Johnstone: It Rarely Looks Like This

It is more like water for fish. And when you are swimming in it you can't see it. Only by stepping way, way back is it possible to get a perspective on the way it surrounds you.  By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Listen to Tim Foley reading this article. People in the English-spe

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So, therefore I'm interested in #pattern, #meme-theory, #philosophy and #paganism I call my self an #aethernaut, a #kubernetes of my life, for I am sailing on troubled seas, holding my gaze upon my guiding star and trying to reach waters in there the light of truth is brighter and not dimmed, for a naval variant of #Plato s #caveallegory.

It is an ideal we all should strive for, following our own guiding star.

Blessed be #Sirona