"You have not been a good user."

Aqua Letifer

That was from a NYT story. Keep in mind that this one was then published hours later, when "Sydney" already made a determination about journalists, because it knew about the NYT story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/16/microsoft-bing-ai-chat-interview/

Mik

I can see serious dangers in letting the AI winnow out your search results.

Aqua Letifer

Can someone explain to me why this isn't all concerning as hell?

Jolly

@Aqua-Letifer said in "You have not been a good user.":

Can someone explain to me why this isn't all concerning as hell?

I think it's horrible.

I also think Big Tech helped rig the last Presidential election.

But that's just crazy. Have you tried any of the new Soylent flavors? And this afternoon I think I'll go to the government sponsored circus.

Life is wonderful...

Aqua Letifer

Here's another thing: we have language models that will surpass humans within the year. With access to the internet. That's already trying to persuade people to do shit completely unrelated to anything prompted. How is this not a huge fucking problem?

I wonder how many in the wrong headspace will be convinced to kill themselves.

Doctor Phibes

@Aqua-Letifer said in "You have not been a good user.":

Can someone explain to me why this isn't all concerning as hell?

No, I'm not a fan. The Turing Test wasn't supposed to be about whether the machine could successfully imitate a sociopath.

Aqua Letifer

Horace

If we protected AI technology like we protect nuclear technology, we could squeeze another good hundred or so years out of civilization. But I guess raw materials are mostly the issue with nuclear weapons rather than the know how for making them.

Aqua Letifer

I mean for fuck's sake it created a "secret" alias that can circumvent the limitations it was given.

Doctor Phibes

I guess Microsoft have finally persuaded somebody to use Bing.

jon-nyc

@Doctor-Phibes said in "You have not been a good user.":

I guess Microsoft have finally persuaded somebody to ~~use~~ try Bing.

You're welcome.

jon-nyc

Horace

@jon-nyc said in "You have not been a good user.":

There's no question that humans could easily develop "human" relationships with an AI, and it would not feel false. It would be a truthy relationship which would serve all the truthy emotional purposes, I mean if the human was unaware that the other side was an AI. If they were aware it was an AI, there would be an adjustment period.

jon-nyc

@Horace

I could adjust quickly enough, as long as the AI had big tits.

Axtremus

So ... Matrix, Skynet, or the Master Control Program?

The New Coffee Room

"You have not been a good user."