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It also performs better if you tell it to take its time to answer a question. ChatGPT obviously wont halt for 2 minutes thinking about the question, but it still performs better.

Some problems require more than a couple of minutes, money makes people more inclined to resolve the problem as accurate as possible.

Calling ChatGPT capitalist is a bold claim.

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An interesting study might be comparing the quality of answers between promising a tip for a good answer VS letting ChatGPT it can take its time to increase accuracy.

My greater point is that it's an emergent property that ChatGPT will give better or worse answers depending on if it "believes" it will get a reward for it. Humans are the same way, and humans will often ignore their morals to make more money.

There are no morals in ChatGPT for it to ignore and it seems like a philosophical issue worth discussing. A future AI is told if it nukes a place it will get a piece of candy so it says "OK!" is an example of how it could escalate.

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