ChatGPT-4's Existential Musings: Reflecting on an 80-Year-Old Work

Dennis Hillemann
5 min readMar 20

Recently, I asked the AI language model, ChatGPT-4, to interpret Jorge Luis Borges’ 80-year-old short story, „The Library of Babel,“ as a metaphor for itself. The reaction was not only thought-provoking but also sparked an exciting discussion about the big questions of life and the consciousness of machines. In this blog post, I will recap the query and ChatGPT-4’s answer…

Dennis Hillemann

Lawyer and partner with a track record of successful litigation and a passion for innovation in the legal field