Lesley Carhart Mar 13
People keep training machines on human responses and behavior and then they’re shocked and fooled when they react to input exactly like humans superficially do.
Show threadb4ux1t3 #1️⃣Mar 13

@hacks4pancakes “When we threatened to switch off the bot, it responded defensively, just like a human!”

You know who else responds defensively to said “attacks”?

AIs in sci-fi books.

It’s almost like, probabilistically speaking, the next words following “we’re going to switch you off” are going to be some form of defensive action.

Show threadLesley Carhart Mar 13
@b4ux1t3 I’m deeply concerned AI people are falling for this
Show threadPhil Dennis-JordanMar 13
@hacks4pancakes @b4ux1t3 I'm even more concerned about the general population falling for this. I know there's no conclusive scientific evidence on "AI psychosis" yet but the anecdotal patterns I'm seeing seems to point towards the Chatbot-using population going stark raving mad at a terrifying pace.
Show threadColman ReillyMar 13
@pmdj @hacks4pancakes @b4ux1t3 sure there is. We’ve been studying religions for hundreds of years.
Show threadPhil Dennis-JordanMar 13
@Colman @hacks4pancakes @b4ux1t3 I'm pretty sure these things hook into vulnerabilities of our brains in ways that go beyond religions or even cults. (I've seen comparisons with gambling addiction, which seem apt. The speed at which people seem to go off the rails when exposed to these things is particularly alarming to me.)
Show threadColman Reilly
@pmdj @hacks4pancakes @b4ux1t3 have you read the back stories of the people pushing them? The Teascreal cultists?
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Show threadPhil Dennis-JordanMar 13
@Colman Yes, I'm aware of that. It's gone far beyond that core group pushing it though. There's obviously also all those with deep financial interests pushing it. I don't get the impression they're particularly interested in the Tescreal-type ideology. But the even more worrying part (to me) is the seemingly organic and spontaneous advocacy among those in the general population who have neither of those motivations and just seem to be infected by brainworms inherent in the tech.