In the simulation ontology, I say that GPT and its output-instances correspond respectively to the simulator and simulacra. GPT is to a piece of text output by GPT as quantum physics is to a person taking a test, or as transition rules of Conwayโs Game of Life are to glider. The simulator is a time-invariant law which unconditionally governs the evolution of all simulacra.
โ Janus, Simulators