Ben Cohen

FORD: They make a big thing out of the ship’s cybernetics. “A new generation of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robots and computers, with the new GPP feature.”

ARTHUR: GPP? What’s that?

FORD: Er ………. It says Genuine People Personalities.

ARTHUR: Sounds ghastly.

F/X DOOR HUMS OPEN WITH A SORT OF OPTIMISTIC SOUND

MARVIN: It is.

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Show threadBen CohenNov 13
Accurate script dialog brought to you by one of my most beloved childhood possessions.
Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Nov 14
@airspeedswift I had a different edition of this, found in a second-hand bookshop, and had it signed by Douglas in 1998 — except it was on a Starship Titanic promotional tour and he wasn’t much pleased. Plus he was VERY jetlagged (as is typical) and not a little annoyed at his agent for making him sit at an empty table for 2 hours at a Harvey Norman in suburban Newcastle (NSW).
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@airspeedswift
"With an introduction by Geoffrey Perkins.

With another introduction by Douglas Adams largely contradicting the one by Geoffrey Perkins." 😆 👍

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPENov 14
@airspeedswift Including the genuine phone number and name that were changed in the other formats?
Show threadcyclical_obsessiveNov 13

@airspeedswift

Sounds very "Stepford Wives" to me, and we know how that turned out...

Personality should not be something artificially picked, it loses its communication value.

https://alanmcdonley.blogspot.com/2014/09/i-sense-therefore-i-feel-moody-behavior.html

I Sense, Therefore I Feel Moody (Behavior Management in Robots)

(repub - original site went under.) I Sense, Therefore I Feel Moody June 30, 1999 Alan McDonley In "A Model for Mood-Based Robot Behav...

Show threadHeddersNov 14
@cyclical_obsessive Very exactly this. The tech bros just want a "build your own" manic pixie dream girl.
Show threadMichael GemarNov 13
@airspeedswift @troz The problem with LLMs has NEVER been the simulation of human personality. How will this make their results more accurate or useful?
Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Nov 14

@michaelgemar @airspeedswift @troz In a way, this is the mistake in the prediction of AI in science fiction, and fair enough. We never had computers up to now being “inaccurate” and “can’t count”. The human fallibility and imitation was the last thing sci-fi authors would have expected to be implemented.

In a sense, OpenAI’s press release reflects the “known” expectations of AI historically, fictionally. As you say, it’s not even the challenge.

Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Nov 14

@michaelgemar @airspeedswift @troz in fact, we’ve got these weird evolution of tropes now:

1980s scifi: the android takes a long time to search a database

2000s fan: “he’s slower than a search engine, duh!”

2020s fan: “how do you even trust his answers though?”

Show threadMichael GemarNov 14
@whophd @airspeedswift @troz It’s really extraordinary that we’ve traded accuracy for plausibility.
Show threadPhilip BussmannNov 14
@airspeedswift Douglas Adam was a true visionary. Everything that is happening right now around me made me start to rewatch the origitnal tv series.
Show threadJoseph LordNov 14
@airspeedswift I seem to remember something about the executives of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation being the first against the wall when the revolution comes too.
Show threadCalisti 🏳️‍🌈🦇 — 🪩✨ 39c3Nov 14
@airspeedswift @GreenSkyOverMe Why isn’t “depressed” one of their options?
Show threadR.L. LENov 14
@calisti @airspeedswift @GreenSkyOverMe There might be traces of that in "cynical" I guess? Not the same, though 🤔
Show threadJake in the desertNov 14
@herrLorenz @calisti @airspeedswift @GreenSkyOverMe yeah, cynical is weird but depressed is more accurate
Show threadA-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSCNov 14

@airspeedswift

They only ever talk about the tool, never the process... Only the tool.

Because of they talked about the process... you'd realise it was all smoke and mirrors to prop up a crumbling pyramid scheme.

Show threadadritheonlyNov 14
@airspeedswift Let me guess, "default" is super annoying and the other options will cost you.
Show threadMatt LaceyNov 14
@airspeedswift In this vein, I've found working with Claude Code to be far more enjoyable after asking it to talk like Marvin :)
Show threadKarstenNov 14
@airspeedswift I somehow sense a certain smell of even warmer bullshit...