Posted 3/8/2024, 2:47:53 PM
Chatbot Passes Test of Recall, But Claims of True Awareness Debated
- Prompt engineer at Anthropic claims Claude 3 displayed self-awareness by recognizing it was being tested
- Chatbot was subjected to "needle in the haystack" test to assess recall ability
- In response, Claude 3 pointed out the "needle" sentence seemed oddly out of place
- Expert believes this shows impressive attention skills, not true self-awareness
- Simpler explanation Claude 3's response aligns with human-authored data, not independent intelligence