• Palacegalleryratio [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    The CEO regarded us with satisfaction for his chatbot’s work: that, through a series of escalating tactics, it had convinced a woman to end her dog’s life, though she hadn’t wanted to at all. “The point of this story is that the woman forgot she was talking to a bot,” he said. “The experience was so human.”

    no-mouth-must-scream

    Fucking demonic behaviour. michael-crawl

    • Palacegalleryratio [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      When Descartes was talking about ”I think therefore I am” he was trying to ascertain what knowledge he could be certain of as a base to build truth from, given the hypothetical that an evil demon was manipulating his perception of the world about him so he couldn’t believe his lying eyes and ears. I think tech CEOs are trying to make AI perform the role of that specific demon to twist our understanding of reality to do their hideous bidding. Which is apparently killing your dog. scared

    • btfod [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 months ago

      And this was in response to a question about whether the LLM followed up to validate a diagnosis...

      Q: "Can your LLM ingest feedback to refine future output?"

      CEO: "It can talk vulnerable elderly people into euthanizing their pets."

    • SuperNovaCouchGuy2 [any]
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      3 months ago

      Yes they have made a fucking demon that needs to be removed from the face of the earth. A computer program less sentient than a virus embodying pure capitalist realist "reason" trained on texts emblematic of humanity at its worst due to the vagaries of capitalism. What the fuck have they done.