# [Simulators Seminar Sequence] #2 Semiotic Physics - Revamped
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- Author: [[Jan]]
- Full Title: [Simulators Seminar Sequence] #2 Semiotic Physics - Revamped
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- Summary: This text discusses "semiotic physics," which explores the laws governing signs and symbols in language models like GPT. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these laws to control language model behavior and anticipate outcomes. The text also introduces concepts like trajectories and attractor sequences in semiotic physics.
- URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/s/guzvzGnRHzMBWLqKZ/p/TTn6vTcZ3szBctvgb
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> Simulator theory ([janus, 2022](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/vJFdjigzmcXMhNTsx/simulators)) has the potential for explanatory adequacy for some of these questions. In this post, we'll explore what we call “semiotic physics”, which follows from simulator theory and which has the potential to provide partial answers to questions 1., 2. and perhaps 3. The term “semiotic physics” here refers to the **study of the fundamental forces and laws that govern the behavior of signs and symbols**. Similar to how the study of physics helps us understand and make use of the laws that govern the physical universe, semiotic physics studies the fundamental forces that govern the symbolic universe of GPT, a universe that reflects and intersects with the universe of our own cognition. We transfer concepts from dynamical systems theory, such as attractors and basins of attraction, to the semiotic universe and spell out examples and implications of the proposed perspective. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jz8yd4fwzb7kswzwsfm9pfcc))
> We note two key differences between the semiotic coin flip and a fair coin:
> • the semiotic coin is not fair, i.e. it tends to produce sequences that end in tails ( `0`) much more frequently than sequences that end in heads ( `1`).
> • the semiotic coin flips are not independent, i.e. the probability of observing heads or tails changes with the history of previous coin flips. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jz8ydq8srqjz2dwmp80vsfwr))