To go deeper: some animals act curiously, others with fear, but only a few of them understand what the mirror does and use it to inspect themselves.

  • cally [he/they]@pawb.social
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    3 hours ago

    Related: is there a name for “question bias”?

    Like asking ChatGPT if “is x good?”, and it would reply “Yes, x is good.” but if you ask “is x bad?” it would reply “Yes, x is bad, you’re right.”

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        2 hours ago

        It is not a leading question. The answer just happens to be meaningless.

        Asking whether something is good is the vast majority of human concern. Most of our rational activity is fundamentally evaluative.