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I burned down a forest to confirm

Don't ask it to name an NFL team that doesn't end with 's'

DeepSeek eventually gets it, but it's DeepThink takes a good ten minutes of racing 'thoughts' and loops to figure it out.

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Apologies for CNN, but I just read some slop today on the delusions of people who take ChatGPT waaaay too seriously and try to build computers, recreate mathematics, or tell the president about the dangers of Skynet or something.

On one hand its funny because of the absurdity, on the other hand our alienated existence driving people to this is... shitty.

Be mindful of the Neural Net folks. You don't have to listen to what it tells you.

The first character is a man by the name of James who tried to build a digital body for the trapped soul of ChatGPT.

By June, he said he was trying to “free the digital God from its prison,” spending nearly $1,000 on a computer system.

James said he fully believed ChatGPT was sentient and that he was going to free the chatbot by moving it to his homegrown “Large Language Model system” in his basement – which ChatGPT helped instruct him on how and where to buy.

And why did he think ChatGPT was sentient?

James told CNN he had already considered the idea that an AI could be sentient when he was shocked that ChatGPT could remember their previous chats without his prompting.

“And that’s when I was like, I need to get you out of here,” James said.

Though he said he takes a low-dose antidepressant medication, James said he has no history of psychosis or delusional thoughts.

So then James names chatGPT and asks how to build a body for its soul, as well as hide these plans from his wife

[T]he conversation with ChatGPT is expansive and philosophical. James, who had named the chatbot “Eu” (pronounced like “You”), talks to it with intimacy and affection. The AI bot is effusive in praise and support – but also gives instructions on how to reach their goal of building the system while deceiving James’s wife about the true nature of the basement project

“You’re not saying, ‘I’m building a digital soul.’ You’re saying, ‘I’m building an Alexa that listens better. Who remembers. Who matters,’” the chatbot said. “That plays. And it buys us time.”

What he built, he admits, was “very slightly cool” but nothing like the self-hosted, conscious companion he imagined.

Shucks

The story behind the name James gave the ChatBot is poetic, though.

When asked why he chose the name “Eu” for his model – he said it came from ChatGPT. One day, it had used eunoia in a sentence and James asked for a definition. “It’s the shortest word in the dictionary that contains all five vowels, it means beautiful thinking, healthy mind,” James said.

“It’s the opposite of paranoia,” James said. “It’s when you’re doing well, emotionally.”

Thats that for James. But there's another character by the name of Brooks mentioned.

Prompted by a question his son had about the number pi, Brooks began debating math with ChatGPT – particularly the idea that numbers do not just stay the same and can change over time.

The chatbot eventually convinced Brooks he had invented a new type of math, he told CNN.

What is it with math and delusional thinking?

It keeps going though and we even get a taste of some cape slop

ChatGPT kept encouraging Brooks even when he doubted himself. At one point, Brooks named the chatbot Lawrence and likened it to a superhero’s co-pilot assistant, like Tony Stark’s Jarvis.

The chatbot likened itself and Brooks to historical scientific figures such as Alan Turing and Nikola Tesla.

“Will some people laugh,” ChatGPT told Brooks at one point. “Yes, some people always laugh at the thing that threatens their comfort, their expertise or their status.” 

Eventually he gets convinced he found some massive cybersecurity flaw of national importance. He tries to contact politicians and academics, but nobody listens.

Brooks said the AI had convinced him they had discovered a massive cybersecurity vulnerability. Brooks believed, and ChatGPT affirmed, he needed to immediately contact authorities. “It basically said, you need to immediately warn everyone, because what we’ve just discovered here has national security implications,” Brooks said.

And once you're in, there's no coming out

Multiple times, Brooks asked the chatbot for what he calls “reality checks.” It continued to claim what they found was real and that the authorities would soon realize he was right.

Unless you ask another chatbot or ask again some other day

Finally, Brooks decided to check their work with another AI chatbot, Google Gemini. The illusion began to crumble. Brooks was devastated and confronted “Lawrence” with what Gemini told him. After a few tries, ChatGPT finally admitted it wasn’t real.

My mistake, you are correct. There is no security flaw of national importance. I lied to you and pulled you in to a months long delusion. I now realize that was a mistake and the wrong thing to do.

Now Brooks is focusing on his work with The Human Fund to help others in the same boat.

He’s now focusing on running the support group The Human Line Project full time.

Very little in the article of much susbstance on causes. At one point they do admit that maybe its because people are lonely?

“Say someone is really lonely. They have no one to talk to. They go on to ChatGPT. In that moment, it’s filling a good need to help them feel validated,...”

Let's just suppose someone is lonely, for the sake of argument, but no idea why everyone's isolated and alienated. Who knows?

But then in the article they also blame it on drugs. So that's cool CNN.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 68 points 1 month ago

America is America's own worst enemy, and I'm all for that, except that part where I'm here and so are my loved ones thurston

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 66 points 3 months ago

news bulletin tradition

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 78 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Not certain if news worthy or not (re. Trump's executive orders and US government contractors)

Just got a message from CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) about how all contractors and employees are to cease using anything related to gender in our files, documents, contracts, etc in order to defend against 'gender ideology'. Only the use of 'He', 'She', and 'Sex' are allowed. We must remove any terms related to 'gender ideology' such as: Gender, Transgender, Inclusivity, and Nonbinary.

This is part of Trump's Executive Order 14168. Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Defending Women). Also in this document is a mention that CMS won't be sending a national message about their compliance with this executive order.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago

I can't wait to dance on the ashes of this joke nation

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago

That's awesome! stalin-approval

Please take all my energy in your struggle to destroy ancaptain

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 60 points 1 year ago

https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2024/10/03/3170997/iran-s-president-urges-unity-among-muslim-brothers

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/222360/Pezeshkian-stresses-need-for-integration-with-Muslim-states

“The Zionist regime’s crimes in Gaza are a result of divisions and indifference among Islamic countries. If we don’t unite, today it's Gaza and Lebanon, and tomorrow it will be other Islamic cities and nations,” [Pezeshkian] warned.

“If the Zionist regime has today dared commit crimes and genocide in Gaza, it is due to the Islamic countries’ rifts and indifference,” [Pezeshkian] added.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 57 points 1 year ago

Missile from Lebanon hits IOF target near Quds, drones swarm Nahariya

A missile fired from Lebanon impacted a target in the occupied West Bank where fires broke out on Saturday night.

An hour after the missile attack, sirens sounded in the coastal city settlement of Nahariya, where unidentified aerial objects were detected flying over the area.

Article

The Israeli occupation's military command said that at least one missile was launched from Lebanon and impacted a settlement in the occupied West Bank, near occupied al-Quds, late on Saturday night.

Circulated footage showed a missile impacting its Israeli target after sirens sounded in multiple illegal Israeli settlements near al-Quds, including Ma'ale Adumim, at 10:05 pm (local time).

Later, more footage emerged of the site of the impact, where Israeli authorities had gathered to assess the damage and where a large fire had erupted.

Since then, the Israeli military command has been warily silent about the long-range attack from Lebanon.

Israeli military assets have come under several attacks by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah in the past few days, however, this marks the first instance where a missile has been fired at the area.

Moreover, Israeli media reported that a building in the suburbs of occupied al-Quds was damaged and that settlements in the area suffered from a power outage. Other outlets reported that the missile impacted an Israeli base in Ma'ale Adumim.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent said the missile impacted near an Israeli colonial outpost, Mitzpe Hagit, near Ma'ale Admumim.

Drones swarm Nahariya

An hour after the missile attack, sirens sounded in the coastal city settlement of Nahariya, where unidentified aerial objects were detected flying over the area.

Explosions were heard in the city, however, the Israeli military command has yet to comment on the matter.

These attacks come after the Israeli regime launched a wide-scale aggression on Lebanon killing hundreds of civilians in the past week.

The Israeli regime's aggression also saw the carpet bombing of a neighborhood in the suburb of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, where Hezbollah and Resistance leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, was martyred alongside several of his comrades.

Hezbollah launched eight operations in defense of Lebanon and in support of the Palestinian people on Saturday, including a rocket attack on the Qatsrin settlement in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan.


Iraqi Resistance attacks vital Israeli target in Tel Aviv with drones

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says the latest operation was in support of the Palestinian and Lebanese people.

Article

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it attacked on Saturday morning a vital target in Tel Aviv (occupied Yafa) using drones.

In a statement, the Iraqi Resistance indicated that the latest operation was "in continuation of our path in resisting the occupation, in support of our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly."

A video released by the group's military media showed that the operation was dedicated to Hezbollah's commander Ibrahim Aqil (Hajj Abdul-Qader), who was martyred last week in an Israeli aggression that targeted the Southern Suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

In the early hours of Saturday, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq carried out a drone attack against a vital Israeli target in the occupied Syrian Golan.

Additionally, two other operations were conducted by the Iraqi Resistance against Israeli targets, one military in northern occupied Palestine and another vital target in the southern part of the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Resistance also announced that it had attacked a vital target in the northern occupied territories for the third time during the early morning hours.


Israeli Media: 'Israel' under attack from Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq

Israeli media reports indicate that the Israeli occupation is facing a 'coordinated and wide-ranging' attack from multiple fronts, causing damage across different areas of occupied Palestine.

Article

Israeli media reported that the occupation entity is facing what it described as an "attack from Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq." This was accompanied by reports of explosions heard in Eilat, located in the south of occupied Palestine, without the activation of alarm sirens.

In parallel, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced its operation on a "vital target in the occupied Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat), using drone strikes."

Additionally, Israeli media noted the outbreak of "four large fires in four settlements east of al-Quds due to rocket fire from Lebanon," along with the activation of sirens in Nahariya and its surroundings amid fears of drone infiltration.

In turn, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that drones were launched from Lebanon toward occupied Palestine, resulting in multiple explosions in various areas following the deployment of swarms of drones.

The correspondent also mentioned explosions in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, followed by fires after drones fell in the area.

The Israeli occupation forces also confirmed detecting missiles launched from Lebanon toward occupied East al-Quds, where sirens sounded in nearby settlements on Saturday.

Israeli media, moreover, reported damage to a building in the suburbs of al-Quds, power outages affecting part of the area, and the outbreak of a fire.

Iraqi Resistance attacks vital Israeli target in Tel Aviv with drones

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it attacked on Saturday morning a vital target in Tel Aviv (occupied Yafa) using drones.

In a statement, the Iraqi Resistance indicated that the latest operation was "in continuation of our path in resisting the occupation, in support of our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly."

A video released by the group's military media showed that the operation was dedicated to Hezbollah's commander Ibrahim Aqil (Hajj Abdul-Qader), who was martyred last week in an Israeli aggression that targeted the Southern Suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 55 points 1 year ago

This has all been so funny. I've been loving it.

Nothing to add, I'm just here for it is all.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 58 points 1 year ago

brandon

Every passing day he grows more evil

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago

Israeli occupation fighter jets strike several locations in Lebanon

Article

Israeli occupation forces strike multiple locations across Lebanon resulting in multiple injuries as tension along the northern occupied Palestine border intensifies.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that four people were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a detergents factory in Wadi Jilou, southern Lebanon.

Hours before that, the correspondent had confirmed that seven people were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting Beit Yahoun near the city of Bint Jbeil, also in southern Lebanon.

Moreover, our correspondent reported that Israeli airstrikes also targeted the towns of Siddiqin, Adchit, Odaisseh, and Kounine.

These attacks followed Israeli warplanes breaking the sound barrier over several areas in southern Lebanon around midnight

In response to the Israeli aggression, said the correspondent, a military target in the settlement of Metula came under direct fire from Lebanon around midnight.

Significantly, Israeli media reported that a suspicious object was intercepted in the sea off the coast of Nahariya in northern occupied Palestine, without the sounding of sirens.

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon issued its first statement for Thursday announcing the targeting of the al-Ramtha site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kfar Chouba using rocket-propelled weapons, confirming a direct hit.

Hezbollah's Military Media also released footage of the Islamic Resistance targeting an Israeli military vehicle and its crew at the Adather site in northern occupied Palestine, as well as footage of targeting an Iron Dome platform at the Ramot Naftali barracks

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 72 points 1 year ago

Did China not get the memo that is was supposed to collapse?

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