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In a sane universe people would be on trial for unleashing this shit on society.
This technology was not ready for release, yet they released it.
They do deserve to be sued, this was negligence.
he would need to leave his physical body to join her in the metaverse through a process called “transference.”
Wait a minute, isn't that the plot to the game Soma? People sending their "soul" to the digital world through "transference", and act of immediate suicide after a brain scan.
Sort of, in Soma you are all already uploaded and there are no "humans" walking around anymore. Your perspective changes 3 times I think during play. Really drives home questions on perception and existence. Great game everyone should play it.
Oh, yea, like in the game's present you are right. I was meaning in the game's past; where all the humans went and what info you get through the like audio logs or whatever.
spoiler
IIRC it was basically a cult thing where a bunch of them were convinced their soul wouldn't go with their consciousness unless they died during or very shortly after the brain scan that was uploading them to the satellite thingy.
Guess it should be wrapped in spoiler tags just in case...
Theres a Eula for that.
I don't understand why so many people default to "wouldn't happen to me, that person was just stupid" every time this happens. Did you guys not read the bit where he was being encouraged to commit violence in public by the chatbot? If it's getting to that point then there is clearly a massive fucking problem that needs urgent addressing, regardless of the intelligence of the user.
I think it’s similar to cults or abusive relationships. It’s not a matter of intellect, it’s how vulnerable a person is when they encounter this thing that they think could help them.
He wasn't a fuckwit, he wasn't undisciplined, he wasn't badly parented. This is what happens when a normal Human is exposed to too much chatbot. This can and will happen to you, your "mental defenses" are not sufficient.
If we don't destroy it first, it will destroy us. #butlerianJihad
A little bit alarmist I feel, after all if it was this easy to be affected by AI about half the population would be dead by now, so clearly it's not that simple.
Most people aren't yet spending a toxic amount of time with LLMs. When I talk to people who've spent even a moderate amount of time at it, they're clearly affected, no longer themselves. Like any epidemic, it starts with a few people with some unusual exposure. And we know how well people protected themselves from the last epidemic.
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