I feel like I'm in a fever dream wtf is this TwT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3AtWdeu_G0

Bernie vs. Claude

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@monster bernie sanders getting "ai" psychosis was not on my bingo card this year ​​
@lumi @monster you don't understand what this video actually is. It's not Bernie actually asking these questions to Claude because he himself doesn't know it.
It's for the people, the voters. Because we're at a point where way too many people trust the AI more than they trust the actual experts.
Hearing and seeing Claude answer these questions might convince some people that we really do need regulation and privacy protection.
@ninafelwitch @monster that makes sense, yeah

i watched it and realized this is actually rather clever, using the sycophantic behavior of genai for promotional material

still i do get icked out seeing any genai shit

@monster at first I was like "wtf why are you talking to claude like it's a sentient thinking being"

But actually this is genius. We're at a point where masses of people trust the AI more than they trust experts.
If Bernie told people "foreign parties use AI to influence elections", they wouldn't believe it. But hearing the AI itself say it - that's different.

@ninafelwitch @monster I couldn't stomach the whole thing. It's a novel stunt but I don't like the idea of Sanders treating Claude as a thing that holds a conversation with him; is going to further legitimize the entire conception of AI as a fully capable autonomous thing
@McNeely that train departed a long time ago. The cat is out of the bag. Everyone and their grandma is treating LLMs like something you can have a conversation with. There's no going back.