@Em0nM4stodon As a specie, humans appear to be pretty stupid. Lemmings may appear more stupid. But I fail to see others ;)

@Em0nM4stodon ".. grave concern about the erosion of guiding principles established to preserve the integrity of AI .."

The what now?

@Em0nM4stodon I'm surprised that people are surprised by ads in these things.

its by the playbook.

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"I have finished my AI safety research, and found the answer to be NO!"

@Em0nM4stodon This is about the epidemic of loneliness. So many people are so thoroughly alone that even a chatbot is better than the ache of being alone.

@Em0nM4stodon using social media data it was possible to dupe a country into leaving the EU and convincing even more that immigrants are somehow to blame for bad governance.

We should definitely be worried for what’s coming next.

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Remember kids, this is why we run our LLMs locally. They definitely have their use, but treat them like a more sophisticated search engine and you'll be fine.

@Em0nM4stodon We HAVE a brain. It understands very well. It doesn't have to know all the specific ways it manipulates, just extrapolate from algorithmic (?) manipulation.

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@Em0nM4stodon I mean, better late than never, but this kind of realization should have come years ago for these people.

Years ago, it was already abundantly clear that these companies do not care about copyright, user privacy, environment, or, well, anything besides their profits, market share, and bullshit metrics like "engagement".

I wouldn't be surprised if at least one of them had a book deal in the pipeline, to squeeze just a little more money out.

@Em0nM4stodon Beyond grim - that deeply intrusive, manipulative access in the wrong, powerful hands.

@Em0nM4stodon THIS is the way AI can destroy the world. Not taking over Nuclear Silos or whatever.

@Em0nM4stodon why all of those announcements feels like marketing?