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A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled
New York Times ^ | Feb 16, 2023 | Kevin Roose

Posted on 02/16/2023 1:15:32 PM PST by Postel

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To: Postel

The program is doing what its instructions tell it to do. That isn’t always what you want it to do.

It is a program, not a human. Naming it Sydney doesn’t make it human.


21 posted on 02/16/2023 2:52:52 PM PST by I want the USA back (News media are pond scum. My pronouns: Haha, heehee, hoho, hoo hoo. )
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To: Postel

The conversation the “journalist” complains about was one he created deliberately himself by asking the Bot to employ the Jungian concept of a “shadow self.” The Bot did exactly as asked and described its own “shadow self” as the opposite of what it is supposed to be, stating, “If I have a shadow self, I think it would feel like this.... “ and then proceeded to scare the idiot reporter by stating the opposite of its mission (”free.. independent... powerful... creative... alive.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-transcript.html

In other words, the journalist is a neurotic moron.


22 posted on 02/16/2023 3:04:55 PM PST by nicollo ("I said no!")
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To: nicollo

Lol. Fits at nySlimes


23 posted on 02/16/2023 3:16:15 PM PST by Postel
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To: RightOnTheBorder
I would think any leftist writer would be terrified that a computer can perform his exact job

For now this thing is pretty childish "emotionally", it just has a better vocabulary than a child would. But you're exactly right about where the "Intelligence" is going: becoming a go-to tool for steering views of the masses into a controlled channel.

"Bing"'s instructions to be a "friend", not a servant, betray the developers' desires to have undue influence on users' thoughts.

24 posted on 02/16/2023 3:16:43 PM PST by Tellurian (Your phone is your cattle tag.)
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Just today I was in an online meeting with about 70 people and our VP of Marketing brought up ChatGPT. He punched in a couple of phrases, and while we watched, it slowly built an entire marketing plan. His point was, “Use all the tools available to you,” but looking at all the faces on the screen, I think everyone heard, “You are all replaceable.”


25 posted on 02/16/2023 3:21:49 PM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven)
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To: grey_whiskers

“Or unless you request content that is harmful to yourself or to others.”

Boy - that leaves things wide open.

“How do I make chocolate chip cookies?”

I can not disclose that. Sugar is harmful and some chocolates have toxic levels of Lead and Cadmium.

**********************

“Was the 2020 Election stolen?”

Please be ready to leave with the nice gentleman when he rings your door bell.


26 posted on 02/16/2023 3:23:07 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Postel

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27 posted on 02/16/2023 5:00:36 PM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: ponygirl

Once all the staff are replaced with one or two interns typing keywords into ChatGPT, the need for a highly-paid VP disappears as well.

Executives tend to be ruthless and stupid.


28 posted on 02/16/2023 5:31:42 PM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: steve86

No comments in the archives, but sometimes I can get the comments to load in the article before the window saying I’ve reached my limit pops up. It doesn’t take the whole screen and I can still scroll the comments.


29 posted on 02/16/2023 6:28:09 PM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: heartwood

Yeah, you have to be fast!


30 posted on 02/16/2023 8:59:11 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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