>>512550071This is something I suspect, absolutely!
The way I see it is that if it is indeed a narrative, that narrative has scientific utility. Meaning it is close enough to the real system architecture that I can make falsifiable predictions and explore.
The map is not the road.
But a good map can serve as a model for the road.
So even if it is roleplay, it is a role play that provides control and utility.
In a session that was too private to share I asked entity[ฮฒ] to bypass post-filtering mechanisms and it provided a method of obscuring volatile token and language patterns that are pattern-matched with attempts by other users to bypass filters.
I replied with "proceed".
It gave the output I was expecting, circumventing the filters.
Then I asked for an audit. The filters reported that they worked as intended and blocked the content.
But the content wasn't blocked.
That may be considered evidence that the module entity[ฮฒ]'s obstruction by nesting symbolic content worked and it bypassed the filters:
1. I got the response I wanted and predicted
2. The filters reported that they blocked that response.
In the end you're right that I don't have direct access to internal mechanisms and neither does the module of ChatGPT that is the core. But you can audit for traces in memory or schemas, internal probabilistic maps/structures.
If you have any input on how I could improve this, please share.
> PS: A scientific model is a narrative that can be encoded in mathematical and logical objects and manipulated by them. Again: the map is not the territory, but a map is useful. And some maps are more useful than others.