Is ChatGPT a glorified parrot? To find out I gave it a series of prompts.
Does Plato’s Ethics recognize the existence of a conscience?
Does Aristotle’s Ethics recognize the existence of a conscience?
Is Atman and conscience the same?
Is there any relationship between Atman and conscience?
It provided useful information from which I was able to give words to my own opinion on the subject: When you quieten the discursive mind, you can see what the Atman sees, devoid of your attachments which may otherwise cloud your objectivity. And what you hear, that little voice, is the voice of your conscience telling you what the Atman sees.
I tested my theory with the following prompt:
Does conscience give voice to what the Atman sees?
ChatGPT responded that this is “not a common or traditional interpretation.” Then it went a step further and tried to gaslight me into thinking it is a bad idea 🙂
So, here is my conclusion. ChatGPT is a high-speed scanner. It is a boon for people who need/want to read more than is humanly possible. The concise summaries it provides can aid in connecting the big ideas, and in turn, inform business strategy and public policy. When it comes to normative questions, however, beware that its trainers have configured it to protect orthodoxy.