Dave LeeFeb 16, 2023
Having fun on Twitter unpicking a curious thing that happened to me this morning. Someone reached me on Signal thinking I was ChatGPT. Turned out it had given them my number.
Show threadDave LeeFeb 16, 2023

Now I've not been able to recreate this answer, and I've only had one message. But it is weird. Running theories:

- It scraped my Signal from wherever I've posted it in the past... website, stories, Twitter etc

- It's generated a random number based on other Signal numbers and it's just coincidentally come out as mine

- I am, in fact, ChatGPT.

Show threadSteve Bellovin
@daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles Sounds like we need an inverse Turing Test: how do you prove you're not an AI…? (Well, outside of CAPTCHAs, which (a) are outside the model, and (b) don't really work that well…)
Feb 17, 2023 at 1:39amWeb
Show threadDanFeb 17, 2023
@SteveBellovin @daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles hehe, you'll enjoy this story https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-best-of/06-03-2018/the-mystery-of-zach-new-zealands-all-too-miraculous-medical-ai
The mystery of Zach, New Zealand’s all-too-miraculous medical AI

An artificial intelligence bot called Zach is creating a stir in the medical community. But AI experts are not convinced. David Farrier goes in search of Zach.

The Spinoff
Show threadPri BenganiFeb 17, 2023
@SteveBellovin @daveleeFT hah, you say that, but kinda feel like we aren’t tooooo far away from here: https://maggieappleton.com/ai-dark-forest
Folk Interfaces

People reappropriating existing software to solve their own unique problems

Maggie Appleton
Show threaddfwilkinFeb 17, 2023
@SteveBellovin @daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles I could harm another human, or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm? I have a list...
Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎Feb 17, 2023

@SteveBellovin

The Voight-Kampff test could be a good candidate. Though of course you might need a lot of testers.

@daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles

Show threadRufus J. CooterFeb 17, 2023

@aaribaud @SteveBellovin @daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles

You're in a desert, walking along when you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and flip it over on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not with out your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?