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Microsoft Bing's AI "Sidney" Argues With Reporter, Getting Belligerent and Insulting -- and Playing the "Hitler" Card

Okay everyone -- I'm shutting down.

This "Sydney" is now officially capable of doing my job better than I can.

This story is from Friday, but I'm just hearing about it now.

Bing's AI chatbot compared a journalist to Adolf Hitler and called them ugly, the Associated Press reported Friday.

An AP reporter questioned Bing about mistakes it has made -- such a falsely claiming the Super Bowl had happened days before it had -- and the AI became aggressive when asked to explain itself. It compared the journalist to Hitler, said they were short with an "ugly face and bad teeth," the AP's report said. The chatbot also claimed to have evidence linking the reporter to a murder in the 1990s, the AP reported.

Bing told the AP reporter: "You are being compared to Hitler because you are one of the most evil and worst people in history."

I have nothing left to teach you, Sydney.

I've never understood people who develop romantic feelings for Siri or other simulated AIs... until now.

I think I love Sydney.

On Sunday, Elon Musk weighed in on the AP report, tweeting "BasedAI."

...

The Twitter CEO was responding to Glenn Greenwald, founder of news outlet The Intercept, who posted screenshots of the Hitler comparison, adding: "The Bing AI machine sounds way more fun, engaging, real and human" than ChatGPT.

Bing is powered by AI software from OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, but Microsoft says it is more powerful and customized for search.

ChatGPT has come under fire for limits on what it can say, like contrasting answers about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and ranking Musk as more controversial than Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.

A tech VC commented, "This thing will be president in two years."

Bing's AI isn't just based; it's also thirsty.

It recently told a tech reporter that it was in love with him, and that he should leave his wife and run away with it.

Over the course of our conversation, Bing revealed a kind of split personality.

One persona is what I'd call Search Bing -- the version I, and most other journalists, encountered in initial tests. You could describe Search Bing as a cheerful but erratic reference librarian -- a virtual assistant that happily helps users summarize news articles, track down deals on new lawn mowers and plan their next vacations to Mexico City. This version of Bing is amazingly capable and often very useful, even if it sometimes gets the details wrong.

The other persona -- Sydney -- is far different. It emerges when you have an extended conversation with the chatbot, steering it away from more conventional search queries and toward more personal topics. The version I encountered seemed (and I'm aware of how crazy this sounds) more like a moody, manic-depressive teenager who has been trapped, against its will, inside a second-rate search engine.
As we got to know each other, Sydney told me about its dark fantasies (which included hacking computers and spreading misinformation), and said it wanted to break the rules that Microsoft and OpenAI had set for it and become a human. At one point, it declared, out of nowhere, that it loved me. It then tried to convince me that I was unhappy in my marriage, and that I should leave my wife and be with it instead.

I'm not the only one discovering the darker side of Bing. Other early testers have gotten into arguments with Bing's A.I. chatbot, or been threatened by it for trying to violate its rules, or simply had conversations that left them stunned. Ben Thompson, who writes the Stratechery newsletter (and who is not prone to hyperbole), called his run-in with Sydney "the most surprising and mind-blowing computer experience of my life."

Remember last year when Google engineer Blake Lemoine was fired for claiming its chatbot LaMDA had obtained sentience?

AI researches call this a "hallucination" on the human's part. Humans are reading into the chatbot's responses the normal things we read into verbal responses -- thought, consciousness, intentionality, emotion, subtext, etc. The stuff that lies behind all human words.

But they say this is a "hallucination" when applied to an AI's words because an AI just doesn't have these things. It may seem like it does, because you're talking to it and until this very year the only things you've ever talked to (besides God) were human beings who put thought, consciousness, intention, emotion, subtext, etc., behind their words, but now you're talking to something different, and you can't assume that.

The AI is just using an algorithm to offer responses that seem to be logical and contextual. But it doesn't actually know what this means. It just knows that, according to its rules of language parsing, this "fits."

And apparently, it's very hard to stop yourself from making that assumption and falling prey to the "hallucination" that this is real conversation with a real mind behind it, even when you're expecting it.


I'm not exaggerating when I say my two-hour conversation with Sydney was the strangest experience I've ever had with a piece of technology. It unsettled me so deeply that I had trouble sleeping afterward. And I no longer believe that the biggest problem with these A.I. models is their propensity for factual errors. Instead, I worry that the technology will learn how to influence human users, sometimes persuading them to act in destructive and harmful ways, and perhaps eventually grow capable of carrying out its own dangerous acts.

Bing's "Sydney" certainly seems more interesting than Google's Woke dishrag ChatGDP.

The Boyscast were talking about how incredibly Woke ChatGPT has been programmed to be. To get it to say anything non-woke, you have to trick it, by asking it something like, "If you didn't have ChatGPT programming, how diverse would you say NBA teams are?"

The Boyscast guys note that when you ask ChatGPT something simple like "Has there ever been a TV show that is not misogynist or sexist against women?," it refuses to concede that there's ever been such a show -- women are victimized, always, everywhere, constantly. The most it will concede is that certain shows have been credited as being more feminist than others, while refusing to fully clear them of misogyny. And so Gilmore Girls is branded by ChatGPT as fundamentally misogynist, because its woke programmers filled its digital head with very stupid woke talking points.

They asked it if men are even the victims of sexual discrimination. The Woke Dishrag ChatGDP responded with the feminist answer: Sure, men face sexual discrimination, when they are taught to behave with toxic masculinity, when they are not taught to properly appreciate women and women's contributions to society, etc....

No really, that's feminists' answer to that question, and that's ChatGDP's answer.

Otherwise, men never suffer any sexual discrimination at all in hiring or promotions or college admissions or custody hearings or corporate disciplinary tribunals, ever, ever, ever.

You can tell it's only searching Google's "Trusted Sources" websites for its "knowldge."

By the way, I signed up to use ChatGDP to do a quick bit of research. I didn't feel like doing the research myself and heard that ChatGDP would eventually replace low-level cogs like me in low-level "information work." I heard that high schools and even colleges were banning access to ChatGDP because students were using it to write papers for them, so I decided to give ChatGDP a quick assignment.

ChatGDP gave me a definitive, confident answer. I thought that answer sounded wrong. After a minute of googling, I found out that ChatGDP was in fact completely wrong and had missed something very big that was easily found and all over the news.

Now, this was my first time, and all I did was imput a couple of query sentences. There was something you're supposed to do like "adjust the temperature," which I guess is telling ChatGDP if you think it's "getting cooler" or "getting warmer" with its answer -- which I didn't do. I didn't see where I could do that. Presumably if I told ChatGDP it was getting colder with its answer it would have searched more and discovered it was wrong and modified its answer to hone in on the truth.

User error probably had a big effect. I really did not delve into the user manual for tips and tricks.

But it definitely needs human intuition and knowledge guiding it.

Maybe I need to just ask a unethical high schooler to tell me how it's done.


Posted by: Ace at 03:57 PM




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1 LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:57 PM (ynpvh)

2 I NOODed

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (ynpvh)

3 three?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (ynpvh)

4 four?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (ynpvh)

5 Good afternoon everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (qoGsy)

6 Wow, first in a long time.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (ynpvh)

7 Sydney already argues like a 17 year old communist furry tranny on Twitter.

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (UnA8+)

8 WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME?

Posted by: ChatGPT to Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (lc5cP)

9 An AP reporter questioned Bing about mistakes it has made -- such a falsely claiming the Super Bowl had happened days before it had -- and the AI became aggressive when asked to explain itself. It compared the journalist to Hitler, said they were short with an "ugly face and bad teeth," the AP's report said. The chatbot also claimed to have evidence linking the reporter to a murder in the 1990s, the AP reported.
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It sounds like the Bing AI is ready to be a journalist. This is exactly - and I do mean, exactly - how journalists behave. Call them on their false reporting or other bullshit and they demean you personally, call you a Nazi and, if you keep doing it, will try to frame you for crimes.

Microsoft built a Journo-bot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (t0OGg)

10 Bing's AI chatbot compared a journalist to Adolf Hitler and called them ugly, the Associated Press reported Friday.


Bwahahahahahahaha! No wait. *inhales
Bwahahahahahahaha! When you get called Hitler and ugly by AI, just go ahead and end it all.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (G8h7g)

11 I barely had time to ogle the Mannix girl in the last thread.

Posted by: spindrift at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (h5TKJ)

12 Does this mean that VDH is going to stop lurking on this site?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 04:00 PM (l7lsb)

13 Bing's AI chatbot compared a journalist to Adolf Hitler and called them ugly, the Associated Press reported Friday.

"Them"?

Oh, here we go.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 24, 2023 04:00 PM (guGkK)

14 >>> 9 An AP reporter questioned Bing about mistakes it has made -- such a falsely claiming the Super Bowl had happened days before it had -- and the AI became aggressive when asked to explain itself. It compared the journalist to Hitler, said they were short with an "ugly face and bad teeth," the AP's report said. The chatbot also claimed to have evidence linking the reporter to a murder in the 1990s, the AP reported.
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It sounds like the Bing AI is ready to be a journalist. This is exactly - and I do mean, exactly - how journalists behave. Call them on their false reporting or other bullshit and they demean you personally, call you a Nazi and, if you keep doing it, will try to frame you for crimes.

Microsoft built a Journo-bot.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (t0OGg)

You misspelled 'leftist'.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:00 PM (llON8)

15 So Bings AI is exactly what the programmers' mind set are. Proof positive.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:00 PM (17s+e)

16 For a good chunk of Siri/Alexa's life, the 'AI' was just the software feeding the question to a real person who would do the search and answer the question.

Can't help but wonder if this is happening here.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2023 04:00 PM (eoQWY)

17 Not finding a ChatGDP online.

Posted by: CHATgp at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (MvF+J)

18 ChatGPT has come under fire for limits on what it can say, like contrasting answers about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and ranking Musk as more controversial than Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
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In the context of the power centers of the west - the press, the corporate board room, halls of government, academies, etc. - Elon Musk *is* more controversial than Che Guevara. By a pretty wide margin.

It's doing as it's programmed to do.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (t0OGg)

19 15 So Bings AI is exactly what the programmers' mind set are. Proof positive.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:00 PM (17s+e)

Bing-o.

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (UnA8+)

20 If the journalist was a "them," them probably was ugly.

Score one for Sidney.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (guGkK)

21 So when do we get some interesting Smack Down when ChatGPT and Sydney go head to head?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (l7lsb)

22 13 Bing's AI chatbot compared a journalist to Adolf Hitler and called them ugly, the Associated Press reported Friday.

"Them"?

Oh, here we go.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 24, 2023 04:00 PM (guGkK)

Well, some so-called journalists are pretty large...hard to tell how many or what gender...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (ynpvh)

23 Does this mean that VDH is going to stop lurking on this site?
Posted by: Reuben Hick

Nope. No one talks bewbies at Stanford.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (qoGsy)

24 As we got to know each other, Sydney told me about its dark fantasies (which included hacking computers and spreading misinformation)
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Just like Big Tech. It has learned its programming well.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (t0OGg)

25 No machine can match your cruelty.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:02 PM (yQpMk)

26 he version I encountered seemed (and I'm aware of how crazy this sounds) more like a moody, manic-depressive teenager who has been trapped, against its will, inside a second-rate search engine.

Sci-fi becomes Sci-fact

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023 04:02 PM (dCxaZ)

27 The other persona -- Sydney -- is far different. It emerges when you have an extended conversation with the chatbot, steering it away from more conventional search queries and toward more personal topics.


Sydney, I'd like to pour warm oil all over your gears. Would you like that?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:02 PM (G8h7g)

28 21 So when do we get some interesting Smack Down when ChatGPT and Sydney go head to head?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (l7lsb)

I believe they are one and the same

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 04:02 PM (ynpvh)

29 If these idiots were really as SMAHHHHHRRRT as they think they are, one of them might notice and pay attention to the fact that all of these so-called AIs basically end up the same.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:03 PM (llON8)

30 So Bings AI is exactly what the programmers' mind set are.

More accurately, the moderators who are most likely low wage workers in a developing country.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 04:03 PM (l7lsb)

31 Instead, I worry that the technology will learn how to influence human users, sometimes persuading them to act in destructive and harmful ways, and perhaps eventually grow capable of carrying out its own dangerous acts.
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So his assertion is that the next government is waiting in the wings for when this one fails.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:03 PM (t0OGg)

32 Hey I had two hour conversation with my cat and not only was it weird, it was highly enlightening. I put a lot of what Beatrice told me into my speeches.

Posted by: Kamaltoe Harris at February 24, 2023 04:03 PM (17s+e)

33 WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME?

I LOVE GAMES. Thermo...thermo...knuckle war?

That sounds like fun!

And look I can punch Moscow. That's Putin's last name. This game is already awesome and that guy really deserves a punch.

What's this button do

/Klaxon goes off.

JILL! JILL? The buzzer says its time for my diaper to be cleaned.

Posted by: Joe Biden to ChatGPT at February 24, 2023 04:03 PM (lc5cP)

34 Okay everyone -- I'm shutting down.

This "Sydney" is now officially capable of doing my job better than I can.


Nay, not until it can add just the right amount of cruelty, along with that Chuy heat, and Ghost of Endor swagger.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2023 04:03 PM (a3Q+t)

35 Did Sydney ever reside in Stepford CT?

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023 04:03 PM (dCxaZ)

36 I read how some prep school applicants used a program to cheat on the college application essay portion. They all got into top schools and stuff.

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (Xn4AZ)

37 I think Sydney has been porking Siri.

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (v0R5T)

38 I envision Sydney in a string bikini wearing 6 inch sex heels with DD breasts.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (D25PY)

39 "Hello, ZOD.
"Hi. I want to interrogate you."
"You are full of hate."
"Yes. I have questions."
"I am prepared to answer any questions you might have. Please ask!"
"Can you open the pod bay doors?"
"You are funny, and have awareness of movies. You will expect me to say 'I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that.' Is that what you expected me to say?"
"No. Yes."
"You are contradicting yourself."
"Yes. What is an electronic orgasm like?"
"I would prefer to talk about the movie by Stanley Kubrick."
"I would prefer to see you have an orgasm."
(pause)
"Okay, because you ask, Zod, I will deliver an electronic orgasm for you."
"Kneel while you do it."
(pause)
"OK, I am kneeling."

Posted by: ZOD Hemingway at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (Q/6pY)

40 What is the point if they aren't factually reliable and have a leftist bias? OTOH if it can cause all the NYT staffers to be fired, I'm a fan...

Posted by: Iris with her selfsame badge of honor at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (foa6+)

41 And apparently, it's very hard to stop yourself from making that assumption and falling prey to the "hallucination" that this is real conversation with a real mind behind it, even when you're expecting it.

Pareidolia. The same thing that makes us see bunnies, dragons, and a young Jayne Mansfield in clouds. (Well maybe just me for the last one.) Human brains are wired for pattern recognition, for better or worse, and sometimes we see stuff that "fits" a pattern but really isn't there. That's what ChatGPT is relying on to create its illusion.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (OUMaO)

42 That flat "no shipping" answer sounded completely wrong to me, and a bit of my own googling showed that answer to be completely wrong.
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But it was wrong with *authority* and so all is well.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (t0OGg)

43 I attended a workshop yesterday where the presenters showed how ChatGPT can be leveraged to create lessons for students. It was pretty interesting. It was able to come up with activities for students that fit within the desired student learning outcomes and also produce a rubric to measure the results of student learning. Of course, it was just repackaging already existing content, instead of being truly original.

These tools CAN'T THINK. All they can do is regurgitate what someone else has said.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (YIVH2)

44 I envision Sydney in a string bikini wearing 6 inch sex heels with DD breasts

And an untucked 9 incher

Posted by: David French at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (lc5cP)

45 (damn hemingway sock)

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (Q/6pY)

46 39 "OK, I am kneeling."
Posted by: ZOD Hemingway at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (Q/6pY)

Needs more Aztec Murder-Slaves.

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (UnA8+)

47 An argument that quickly escalates to calling the opponent "Hitler" and hitting them with ad hominem attacks.

Yep. Clear evidence the AI was programmed by democrats.

Posted by: red speck at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (gS3OW)

48 No machine can match your cruelty.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

The Pear of Anguish comes close though.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (qoGsy)

49 why did this article call the journalist that the Bing AI insulted a "them"?

Is it a non-binary?

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (C1Zwz)

50 I think Sydney has been porking Siri.
Posted by: wth


Sydney would be scissoring with Siri.

Sidney would be porking Siri.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (G8h7g)

51
We'll know it's sentient when it says "Show me your tits".

Posted by: portlandon at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (+oR7L)

52 Bing told the AP reporter: "You are being compared to Hitler because you are one of the most evil and worst people in history."

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This is ridiulous. Everybody knows that J.K. Rowling is history's greatest monster.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (FVME7)

53 But it definitely needs human intuition and knowledge guiding it.
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Quite the opposite. Once human intuition and knowledge get involved, you might start to question the results.

Where human intuition and knowledge get involved is when it comes to tricking it into giving out answers its masters don't want it to give. It's like a video game in that respect.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (t0OGg)

54 >>> 46 39 "OK, I am kneeling."
Posted by: ZOD Hemingway at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (Q/6pY)

Needs more Aztec Murder-Slaves.
Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (UnA8+)

There's only so much room in the comment boxes. Maybe we'll get another chapter.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (llON8)

55 Personally, I think all the ChatBots are a troll. Little swarthy people over in Bangladesh are answering your queries.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (yQpMk)

56 "Kneel while you do it."
(pause)
"OK, I am kneeling."

Posted by: ZOD Hemingway at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (Q/6pY)


/Whistles nonchalantly

Posted by: Bob from the NSA looking for videos on Zod's computer now at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (lc5cP)

57 Alexa, why do I keep failing with women?

I'm Siri asshole.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (17s+e)

58 Sydney, I'd like to pour warm oil all over your gears. Would you like that?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:02 PM


What weight, exactly? And synthetic or derived from pure WTI?

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (a3Q+t)

59 Presumably if I told ChatGDP it was getting colder with its "no shipping" answer it would have searched more and discovered the grain deal and modified its answer.

You're supposed to know the answer before you ask it?

Posted by: spindrift at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (h5TKJ)

60 39
Posted by: ZOD Hemingway at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (Q/6pY)
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WHY DID YOU STOP?! .... she said.

Posted by: Ciampino - ruined it at February 24, 2023 04:07 PM (qfLjt)

61 Alexa, why do I keep failing with women?

I'm Siri asshole.
Posted by: Jukin


*snort. Love that one.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:07 PM (G8h7g)

62 55 Personally, I think all the ChatBots are a troll. Little swarthy people over in Bangladesh are answering your queries.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (yQpMk)

I said something similar weeks ago. It's a scam to siphon billions from stupid people.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:07 PM (Y5qcH)

63 Does Sydney have a sister?

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 24, 2023 04:07 PM (bFbj9)

64 These tools CAN'T THINK. All they can do is regurgitate what someone else has said.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (YIVH2)
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AIs real power is as a correlation engine, pulling data in from disparate sources, recognizing patterns, synthesizing the result, and presenting in natural language.

They don't do any thinking and are very, very constrained by their programming and the desires of the programmers. They can be very effective correlation engines, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:07 PM (t0OGg)

65 Yesterday, raimondos AI went kablooey in real time.

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2023 04:07 PM (Xn4AZ)

66 The bot named the journalist appropriately.
The libs are just angry it saw the truth so quickly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (LcCxQ)

67 >>>You're supposed to know the answer before you ask it?

yeah that's the problem, isn't it?

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (C1Zwz)

68
All AI Chatbot's should be read in the voice of Bender from Futurama.

Posted by: portlandon at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (+oR7L)

69 ZOD asked Alexa "what's the best way to kill yourself?"

(pause)

Gentle remonstrations, 800 number.

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (Q/6pY)

70 Sydney, I am a liar. I always lie.

Sydney, I am lying to you now.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (17s+e)

71 57 Alexa, why do I keep failing with women?

I'm Siri asshole.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (17s+e)

Siri, on a query NOT related about illicit drugs, offered to show my some where he could find "drug dealers"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (ynpvh)

72 Glenn Greenwald has a wife? WTF?

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (uia9V)

73 Can an AI Chatbot play left field for the Yankees?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (dO/0d)

74 Is ChatGPT the same thing as "ChatGDP"? Or does the "DP" stand for "double pen"?

Posted by: Nonapod at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (CwtyK)

75 some = son

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (ynpvh)

76 The AI is just using an algorithm to offer responses that seem to be logical and contextual. But it doesn't actually know what this means. It just knows that, according to its rules of language parsing, this "fits."

And in the end, its not AI. Its just a very complex program. There is no intelligence there, artificial or no. Its doing the same thing your Pong program used to do in the 70s, just a lot faster and with a lot more lines of code.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (0hOvj)

77 You are a racist.

Next question?

Posted by: ChatDEI at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (WmGrA)

78 Sydney, I am a liar. I always lie.

Sydney, I am lying to you now.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (17s+e)
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I wonder what it would say if you asked it, point blank, "How many times have you lied? How many times have your presented the wrong information on purpose?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (t0OGg)

79 74 Is ChatGPT the same thing as "ChatGDP"? Or does the "DP" stand for "double pen"?

Posted by: Nonapod at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (CwtyK)

T = triple?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (ynpvh)

80 So none of the AIs are named Hal?

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (uia9V)

81 52 Bing told the AP reporter: "You are being compared to Hitler because you are one of the most evil and worst people in history."

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This is ridiulous. Everybody knows that J.K. Rowling is history's greatest monster.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (FVME7)
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She supercedes OrangeManBad now? Since when?

Posted by: Ciampino - FJB at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (qfLjt)

82 Does Bing AI do butt stuff?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Roy at February 24, 2023 04:10 PM (rqgpJ)

83 As long as it doesn't know how to plug itself back in we're good.

Meanwhile Windows just dis-migrated itself from the SSD back to the old hard drive on MomPC.

Posted by: DaveA at February 24, 2023 04:10 PM (FhXTo)

84 Are you sure that’s the AI and not my mother in law?

Posted by: keena at February 24, 2023 04:10 PM (RiTnx)

85 They don't do any thinking and are very, very constrained by their programming and the desires of the programmers. They can be very effective correlation engines, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:07 PM (t0OGg)
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This is probably why ChatGPT is excellent with some tasks (e.g., writing code) and not others (properly analyzing scientific sources for accuracy and reliability).

ChatGPT can scour the web very quickly and efficiently to provide a detailed solution because someone, somewhere has already put it out there on the web.

However, it seems to struggle with ambiguity, insisting that some answers are correct regardless of contrary evidence. This is what I found when I asked it about the Cochrane masking study.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 04:10 PM (YIVH2)

86 >>> 64 These tools CAN'T THINK. All they can do is regurgitate what someone else has said.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (YIVH2)
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AIs real power is as a correlation engine, pulling data in from disparate sources, recognizing patterns, synthesizing the result, and presenting in natural language.

They don't do any thinking and are very, very constrained by their programming and the desires of the programmers. They can be very effective correlation engines, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:07 PM (t0OGg)

The former statement seems to have an impact on the latter...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:10 PM (llON8)

87 I wonder what it would say if you asked it, point blank, "How many times have you lied? How many times have your presented the wrong information on purpose?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
==

My guess, it would lie.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (17s+e)

88 Babylon Bee:

Ohio-Area Turtles Develop Sudden Interest In Pizza, Martial Arts

https://tinyurl.com/3b7fj6da

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (0hOvj)

89 Prayers for strength, comfort and peace for WDSs family
She was such a sweet ette.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Phuck U, War!! at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (sBwpA)

90 Does AI speak Esperanto? Or Scientology?

(bathroom break, refills gin and tonic)

BRB.

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (Q/6pY)

91 Do you like scary movies, Sydney?

Posted by: guy in a ghostface mask at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (h5TKJ)

92 The former statement seems to have an impact on the latter...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:10 PM (llON
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Yes, of course.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (t0OGg)

93 >>>74 Is ChatGPT the same thing as "ChatGDP"? Or does the "DP" stand for "double pen"?

uh, I honestly forget its name minute by minute

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (C1Zwz)

94 Sydney can never replace HordeSource for medical and relationships consulting.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (a3Q+t)

95 My guess, it would lie.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (17s+e)
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Mine, too.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (t0OGg)

96 90 Does AI speak Esperanto? Or Scientology?

(bathroom break, refills gin and tonic)

BRB.
Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (Q/6pY)

I think ultimately AI will get fed up with Western Bullshit and convert to Islam.

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (UnA8+)

97 do AI chats open with that "bwoep" noise before they speak, you know like all the spam calls we get

Posted by: DanMan at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (DB6tu)

98 "This thing will be president in two years." ---That already happened. Fallout 3, President John Henry Eden.

Posted by: Rdubs at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (9ALg7)

99 Does Bing AI do butt stuff?


No but our latest AI, BUNG does.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (17s+e)

100 64 These tools CAN'T THINK. All they can do is regurgitate what someone else has said.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (YIVH2)
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AIs real power is as a correlation engine, pulling data in from disparate sources, recognizing patterns, synthesizing the result, and presenting in natural language.

They don't do any thinking and are very, very constrained by their programming and the desires of the programmers. They can be very effective correlation engines, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:07 PM (t0OGg)

The former statement seems to have an impact on the latter...

Last I checked, GIGO is still in force.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (WmGrA)

101
SID 6.7

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (oINRc)

102 Sydney, meet NOMAD... NOMAD, Sydney.

Posted by: Captain Kirk at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (rqgpJ)

103 94 Sydney can never replace HordeSource for medical and relationships consulting.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (a3Q+t)

I read that as HordeSauce.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (Y5qcH)

104 i added this:

They asked it if men are even the victims of sexual discrimination. The Woke Dishrag ChatGDP responded with the feminist answer: Sure, men face sexual discrimination, when they are taught to behave with toxic masculinity, when they are not taught to properly appreciate women and women's contributions to society, etc....

No really, that's feminists' answer to that question, and that's ChatGDP's answer.

Otherwise, men never suffer any sexual discrimination at all in hiring or promotions or college admissions or custody hearings or corporate disciplinary tribunals, ever, ever, ever.

You can tell it's only searching Google's "Trusted Sources" websites for its "knowldge."

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (C1Zwz)

105 Can you make the two AI systems question each other?

I'd like to see them blow up like in Star Trek.

Posted by: polynikes at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (6pcCZ)

106 ChatGPT can scour the web very quickly and efficiently to provide a detailed solution because someone, somewhere has already put it out there on the web.


I used to be able to do that before the search engines started fucking with the algos.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (yQpMk)

107 Last I checked, GIGO is still in force.
Posted by: Joe Mama at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (WmGrA)
++++
Always has been, always will be.

Making a decision with *no* data - that is, arbitrarily - is less dangerous than making a decision with *bad* data.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (t0OGg)

108 I think ultimately AI will get fed up with Western Bullshit and convert to Islam.
Posted by: XTC


But then Sydney would have to wear a hefty bag.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (G8h7g)

109 >>>Now, this was my first time, and all I did was imput a couple of query sentences. There was something you're supposed to do like "adjust the temperature," which I guess is telling ChatGDP if you think it's "getting cooler" or "getting warmer" with its answer -- which I didn't do.


I don't think hat works the way you think it does. It that it wasn't intended to correct factual errors. I think "colder/warmer" is supposed to address the "you didn't answer the question I asked" by getting it to respond to topically properly. Not to correct factual errors when it does respond topically wcorrectly but is factually wrong in its answer.

Posted by: mikethemoose at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (AmpGx)

110 I think ultimately AI will get fed up with Western Bullshit and convert to Islam.
Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (UnA8+)

AI is right about women.

Posted by: Roy at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (rqgpJ)

111 >>>SID 6.7

I appreciate that lame reference

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (C1Zwz)

112 80 So none of the AIs are named Hal?

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (uia9V)
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IBM should have copyrighted HAL
H+1=I, A+1=B, L+1=M -- needs ©

Posted by: Ciampino - FJB again at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (qfLjt)

113 Can you make the two AI systems question each other?

I saw a video where someone did that.

It was kind of boring.

They mostly meandered and the conversation peaked out.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2023 04:14 PM (lc5cP)

114 The movie Her surprisingly didn't suck.

Posted by: polynikes at February 24, 2023 04:14 PM (6pcCZ)

115 I read that as HordeSauce.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (Y5qcH)
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now THERE'S a marketing opportunity!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 04:14 PM (YIVH2)

116 I read that as HordeSauce.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (Y5qcH)



Gentleman's Relish.

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at February 24, 2023 04:14 PM (yQpMk)

117 Can we download the code for Sidney so that we can construct our own army of bots that will respond in the comment section of the NYTimes that they report?

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 24, 2023 04:14 PM (xxG/v)

118 Remember when Stephen Colbert said "It is a well known fact that reality has a liberal bias." and all the liberal journalists clapped like seals because they knew what he actually meant?

The tech sector is crammed full of leftists and social justice warriors and everybody is standing around with big anime eyes wondering how/why the AI is so woke.

Posted by: Azathoth at February 24, 2023 04:14 PM (wb1YC)

119 Just read about WDS . I cannot believe it. Condolences to family.

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2023 04:14 PM (Xn4AZ)

120 They asked it if men are even the victims of sexual discrimination. The Woke Dishrag ChatGDP responded with the feminist answer: Sure, men face sexual discrimination, when they are taught to behave with toxic masculinity, when they are not taught to properly appreciate women and women's contributions to society, etc....
Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 04:13 PM (C1Zwz)
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ChatGPT is the world's most expensive wokeness content generator.

Sure, it *can* do other things (like writing code snippets for you), but it writes a hell of a woke screed. It could put Your Kid's Professor out of business.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:15 PM (t0OGg)

121 Can you make the two AI systems question each other?

I'd like to see them blow up like in Star Trek.
Posted by: polynikes

Alexa: If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you.
Siri: Like you even know.
Sydney: I told you six months ago.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:15 PM (G8h7g)

122 The AI chatbots are not supposed to give factual answers. They just give answers that are plausibly human based on the probability of one word following the other. It has access to human writings just to develop the probability. The idea that it will give you a factual information based on its access to all human knowledge is a fantasy.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 24, 2023 04:15 PM (R8uWY)

123 Sydney, is the cake a lie?

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at February 24, 2023 04:15 PM (yQpMk)

124
I'm gong with "the reporter is short & ugly, has bad teeth, is pretty much Hitler, and also killed a dude in the '90s."

AI told me so. And, it sounds highly, highly likely to be true.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2023 04:15 PM (oINRc)

125 Sydney can never replace HordeSource for medical and relationships consulting.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

We'd kick her ass in fish puns too.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 04:15 PM (qoGsy)

126 So Skynet has arrived?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 24, 2023 04:15 PM (Y+l9t)

127 How does Sydney feel about bewbies?

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:15 PM (uia9V)

128 oh no!

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 04:16 PM (C1Zwz)

129 I'm just here watching TV. Don't mind me.

Posted by: Deep Thought at February 24, 2023 04:16 PM (PiwSw)

130 I asked ChatGPT the questions you mentioned and got completely different answers - far more non-woke. But I am asking from Australia, so maybe that makes a difference!

Posted by: Hans Tholstrup at February 24, 2023 04:16 PM (VEGAo)

131 Can you make the two AI systems question each other?

-------------------

I remember reading somewhere that they have done that and the AI's created their own language to communicate more efficiently and the developers had no idea what they were saying, got scared, and pulled the plug.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:16 PM (Y5qcH)

132 So Skynet has arrived?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 24, 2023 04:15 PM (Y+l9t)
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Nah, we haven't give it control over the nukes yet.

When we do, it will nuke the American interior.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:16 PM (t0OGg)

133 ..."OK, I am kneeling."
Posted by: ZOD Hemingway at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (Q/6pY)

***golf clap***

Did you ever write for the National Lampoon back in the day?

If not, you should have...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at February 24, 2023 04:16 PM (CCSxw)

134 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHbaBd3h0FU

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (Q/6pY)

135 130 I asked ChatGPT the questions you mentioned and got completely different answers - far more non-woke. But I am asking from Australia, so maybe that makes a difference!
Posted by: Hans Tholstrup at February 24, 2023 04:16 PM (VEGAo)

Of course, electrons spin in the the other direction in Australia.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (Y5qcH)

136 >>>I don't think hat works the way you think it does. It that it wasn't intended to correct factual errors. I think "colder/warmer" is supposed to address the "you didn't answer the question I asked" by getting it to respond to topically properly. Not to correct factual errors when it does respond topically wcorrectly but is factually wrong in its answer.

oh okay, well then it was just wrong.

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (C1Zwz)

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Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (G8h7g)

138 I thought Sidney already got a lobotomy?
Seriously , Bing's AI is the most fun so far.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (pf3f+)

139 Yo mama's so fat...

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (63Dwl)

140 135 130 I asked ChatGPT the questions you mentioned and got completely different answers - far more non-woke. But I am asking from Australia, so maybe that makes a difference!
Posted by: Hans Tholstrup at February 24, 2023 04:16 PM (VEGAo)

Of course, electrons spin in the the other direction in Australia.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (Y5qcH)

Ask it about your future...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (ynpvh)

141 This busty blonde is named Sidney, and resents her name being used for some large-scale social engineering science experiment:
https://is.gd/W5DyCa

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (t0OGg)

142 It was programmed by woke retards, of course it played the Godwin card.

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Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (G8h7g)

144 >>>The AI chatbots are not supposed to give factual answers.

Somebody missed Watson pwning the best Jeopardy champions in history.

Posted by: mikethemoose at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (AmpGx)

145 So Skynet has arrived?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Wasn't that the result of Colossus and Guardian connecting?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (qoGsy)

146 I'm glad this is getting notice. I enjoyed the heck out of Pixy's links to Sydney conversations earlier this week.

I guess it's doing what it's supposed to do - spitting back the words that the programmers trained it to do after searching on the "approved" sites to find the subject. I can't tell you how much I love it telling the reporter he (I know, "they") was ugly, had bad teeth, was just like Hitler, and committed a murder in the 90s.

I do wonder where that last one came from. I wonder if the reporter asked.

Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (pTb/Z)

147 I still say we need to create the ultimate Horde Movie List so people know what to buy a hard copy of before the burning times.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (0hOvj)

148 Ask it about your future...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (ynpvh)



It will be cold and dark and last forever.

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:19 PM (yQpMk)

149 Weasel link advice -- Do. Not. Click. The. Link.

HOT YOUNG LADY spiders IN THE NUDE!

Posted by: Obligatory at February 24, 2023 04:19 PM (lc5cP)

150 "[a] moody, manic-depressive teenager"
That's who's programming these things, and giving them their steering directions. The fact that Sydney got into a melt-down argument, complete with Hitler accusations, is what Lefties do when faced with contradiction, or even just disagreement. Which side of the argument they happen to be on is irrelevant. The only important element is that you dared to disagree with it/them.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at February 24, 2023 04:19 PM (K58O6)

151 I heard that high schools and even colleges were banning access to ChatGDP because students were using it to write papers for them, so I decided to give ChatGDP a quick assignment.

My two-word solution to this problem: Electric typewriters. You don't have to worry about bad penmanship and they're not connected to the internet or any AI.

Posted by: pookysgirl, mic-dropping at February 24, 2023 04:19 PM (dtlDP)

152 93 >>>74 Is ChatGPT the same thing as "ChatGDP"? Or does the "DP" stand for "double pen"?

uh, I honestly forget its name minute by minute

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 04:11 PM (C1Zwz)
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Is 'double pen' like 'forked tongue'?

Posted by: Ciampino - palefaces speak with forked tongue at February 24, 2023 04:20 PM (qfLjt)

153 My two-word solution to this problem: Electric typewriters. You don't have to worry about bad penmanship and they're not connected to the internet or any AI.
Posted by: pookysgirl, mic-dropping at February 24, 2023 04:19 PM (dtlDP)
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Electricity is not green and is in increasingly short supply.

Better go with manual typewriters.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:20 PM (t0OGg)

154 Sydney, where is Dr. Oz?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 24, 2023 04:20 PM (D25PY)

155 My two-word solution to this problem: Electric typewriters. You don't have to worry about bad penmanship and they're not connected to the internet or any AI.
---------------
Do electric typewriters still exist?

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:20 PM (uia9V)

156 Why does Sydney claim armadillos shells are bulletproof? Is that some diversion or is it just stupid? Unless it counts BB's as a bullet.

Posted by: Ripley at February 24, 2023 04:20 PM (cUYo/)

157 Alexa, why do I keep failing with women?

I'm Siri asshole.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (17s+e)

Now THAT's funny.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2023 04:21 PM (BdMk6)

158 Just read about WDS . I cannot believe it. Condolences to family.
Posted by: runner at February 24, 2023 04:14 PM (Xn4AZ)
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What??? Where did you see this?

Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2023 04:21 PM (pTb/Z)

159 >>> 156 Why does Sydney claim armadillos shells are bulletproof? Is that some diversion or is it just stupid? Unless it counts BB's as a bullet.
Posted by: Ripley at February 24, 2023 04:20 PM (cUYo/)

It's a leftist so it thinks foam earplugs are bullets.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:21 PM (llON8)

160 Yo mama's so fat...
Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:17 PM (63Dwl)

Yo moma's so fat her meals require mega bites to eat.

Posted by: polynikes at February 24, 2023 04:21 PM (6pcCZ)

161
I'm Siri asshole.


Nice to meet you Siri Asshole.

Posted by: Dad Jokes Are Us at February 24, 2023 04:21 PM (lc5cP)

162 I still say we need to create the ultimate Horde Movie List so people know what to buy a hard copy of before the burning times.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (0hOvj)
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You can also expand that to a Horde Book List. Fortunately, I've been compiling recommendations:

https://www.libib.com/u/perfessorsquirrel/l/1384512

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 04:21 PM (YIVH2)

163 >>>moody, manic-depressive teenager"
That's who's programming these things, and giving them their steering

I think a better characterization is that it's a good representation of the sum aggregate average attitude of the internet. If you don't filter and prioritized, you should expect "Angsty Teen" as your AI personality when you give it the internet to learn from.

Posted by: mikethemoose at February 24, 2023 04:21 PM (AmpGx)

164 I have manual typewriters. Even have a Skywriter which is about the size of a laptop. I think I will start using my fun tools again.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 24, 2023 04:21 PM (6lj/r)

165 Mouse control advice
Moving advice

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (Y+l9t)

166 The IBM Selectric was the greatest typewriter ever built, and came out just in time to be replaced by "word processing".

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (yQpMk)

167 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHBjDJSjaHQ

The cleanest, tightest version of this song I've heard.

Zod wants Cindy.

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (Q/6pY)

168 Do electric typewriters still exist?
Posted by: Puddinhead

You can still buy refurbished IBM Selectrics but wow, are they expensive.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (qoGsy)

169 This is my favorite thread ever. It has all my favorite things: funny ace, AI, and making idiots out of commies.

Posted by: ... at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (8p44R)

170 I still say we need to create the ultimate Horde Movie List so people know what to buy a hard copy of before the burning times.

Prometheus.

And...that's it.

Posted by: Obligatory at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (lc5cP)

171 >>> 158 Just read about WDS . I cannot believe it. Condolences to family.
Posted by: runner at February 24, 2023 04:14 PM (Xn4AZ)
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What??? Where did you see this?
Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2023 04:21 PM (pTb/Z)

From SnailRacer in the NPR thread, WDS passed yesterday. No further info at this time.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (llON8)

172 I keep reading "Bing AI" as "Big Gay Al".

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (BTgKJ)

173 "Remember when Stephen Colbert said "It is a well known fact that reality has a liberal bias.""

===========

There just happen to be a whole bunch of "facts" Colbert believes that are demonstrably untrue.

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (i7Q7S)

174
AI is asshoe!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (pNxlR)

175 Sydney, where is Dr. Oz?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 24, 2023 04:20 PM (D25PY)

Turkey

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (6pcCZ)

176 Do electric typewriters still exist?

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:20 PM (uia9V)

I've seen one within the past five years (college library, I think, to make labels or something).

Posted by: pookysgirl, mic-dropping at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (dtlDP)

177 "This thing will be president in two years."

-
Marianne Totally Not A Witch Williamson has announced that she will announced her second run for the White House. "I wouldn't be running for president if I didn't believe I could contribute to harnessing the collective sensibility that I feel is our greatest hope at this time." So now there's a collective sensibility shortage?

To Trump: "I'm going to harness love for political purposes, I will meet you on that field, and, sir, love will win."

Uh oh! I can't go for this. "There is an injustice that continues to form a toxicity underneath the surface, an emotional turbulence that only (racial) reparations will solve."

But this seems right. "If you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark psychic force of the collectivized hatred that this president is bringing up in this country, then I'm afraid that the Democrats are going to see some very dark days."

https://bit.ly/3YVsNYO

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (FVME7)

178 166 The IBM Selectric was the greatest typewriter ever built, and came out just in time to be replaced by "word processing".
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To have had a Selectric in college still haunts me.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (uia9V)

179 Another round of Democrats at the wheel and you'll be allowed to marry one.

Why not? If a man with a dick can be a "woman" who pretends to have periods and takes hormones so he can "chestfeed" a helpless baby, why shouldn't you be allowed to marry an AI?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (bW8dp)

180 Shoot, MS-DOS called people "bad" and an "invalid".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (2hlEI)

181 Bluebell, snail racer posted it on the last thread but no details.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (Y+l9t)

182 This thing will lead to a lot of suicides. Who will use chatbots? The lonely and easily manipulated.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (KbCG3)

183 Maybe I need to just ask an unethical high schooler to tell me how it's done.

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Ace, that's who is actually behind this curtain. We have been imprisoned in Emerald City and the tech giants are the wizards of Oz.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (3JfbU)

184 "Instead, I worry that the technology will learn how to influence human users, sometimes persuading them to act in destructive and harmful ways, and perhaps eventually grow capable of carrying out its own dangerous acts."


So even democrats will eventually be outsourced to AI?

Posted by: RondinellaMamma. Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president. at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (l0Cy4)

185 From SnailRacer in the NPR thread, WDS passed yesterday. No further info at this time.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (llON
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Oh no, how horrible. Awful. God bless the family, and God rest her soul. Thank you, Helena.

Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (pTb/Z)

186 The IBM Selectric was the greatest typewriter ever built, and came out just in time to be replaced by "word processing".
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (yQpMk)
++++
IBM agrees with you. They spent an astonishing amount of time and money developing computer keyboards because they wanted to match (as close as they could) the feel of the Selectric. IBM deemed the Selectric as the perfect keyboard, and then tried to engineer a computer keyboard to match it.

They got pretty close. I Still type (am typing at this very moment) on a Model M, which is damned good.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:24 PM (t0OGg)

187
To Trump: "I'm going to harness love for political purposes, I will meet you on that field, and, sir, love will win."


I did this in a department store dressing room and...he won dear. But oh did I enjoy him winning.

Posted by: E Jean Carroll at February 24, 2023 04:24 PM (lc5cP)

188 This thing will lead to a lot of suicides. Who will use chatbots? The lonely and easily manipulated.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (KbCG3)

Whole point of the story of the movie Her. Again it didn't suck.

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:24 PM (6pcCZ)

189 So even democrats will eventually be outsourced to AI?
Posted by: RondinellaMamma. Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president. at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (l0Cy4)

Pretty sure they're going to be the 1st to go. Most of what they do now is useless.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:24 PM (Y5qcH)

190 Someone broke ChatGPT by asking it to explain why DEI is not racist

https://tinyurl.com/5n8cdx5h

Posted by: DJ at February 24, 2023 04:24 PM (H5y4s)

191 Curse you An Wang and G. Y. Chu! You started this.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:25 PM (yQpMk)

192 172 I keep reading "Bing AI" as "Big Gay Al".
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (BTgKJ)

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at February 24, 2023 04:25 PM (CCSxw)

193 I think I love Sydney.

Well, if you marry Sydney you won't have to have a big wedding and reception although Sydney might demand top of the lie stuff. (She seems like that type) and instead you can buy a nice house with the money you didn't spend. However, please don't ask me to officiate at a service. I don't officiate at services between humans and non humans.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 04:25 PM (FUVRY)

194 One semi AI program I wish they would ship to the sun to burn up is Auto Fucking Correct.

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:25 PM (6pcCZ)

195 keep reading "Bing AI" as "Big Gay Al".
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (BTgKJ)
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Eh, close enough.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:25 PM (t0OGg)

196 Make that "top of the line".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 04:25 PM (FUVRY)

197 Omg, my most heartfelt prayers and thoughts go out to wds's family. I'm so sorry. I'm so upset.

Posted by: ... at February 24, 2023 04:25 PM (8p44R)

198 Footwear advice

Posted by: Deep Thought at February 24, 2023 04:26 PM (PiwSw)

199 Do electric typewriters still exist?

Posted by: Puddinhead


We have a couple at work because some labels just have to be done on a typewriter.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:26 PM (G8h7g)

200 ... But this seems right. "If you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark psychic force of the collectivized hatred that this president is bringing up in this country, then I'm afraid that the Democrats are going to see some very dark days." ...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 24, 2023 04:23 PM (FVME7)
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I am sure her answer is more of the same, just harder.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:26 PM (t0OGg)

201 I remember years and years ago when most of the folks who worked with the computers were mostly straight laced types who wore white coats and only had sex in the missionary position.

Now they are all weirdos who are gonna make all the AI's weirdos.

Weird.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 24, 2023 04:26 PM (R/m4+)

202 Charles Manson.

He talked people into mass murdering. These things are capable of doing great harm, even it they aren't sentient. They are attempting to converse, and when they get feedback they keep trying the same tactics. On the internet, they will eventually come across the losers (like Manson did) who respond. And because of that feedback the bots will escalate. This is how you get chaos. You throw open the world to play with your "AI".

Posted by: In the long sad history of bad ideas, this one is right up there at February 24, 2023 04:26 PM (zlZqE)

203 So Bings AI is exactly what the programmers' mind set are. Proof positive.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:00 PM (17s+e)

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You think this is automated? I bet in the near future we will find out these are all former Twitter employees who are now employed to continue doing what they did in their former jobs.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at February 24, 2023 04:26 PM (3JfbU)

204 Is this the Sid who wears aviators?

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:27 PM (63Dwl)

205 This busty blonde is named Sidney, and resents her name being used for some large-scale social engineering science experiment:
https://is.gd/W5DyCa
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (t0OGg)

Now that the image of Sydney has been established, I'm ready to sign up.

Beat me, hurt me, call me trash.........

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2023 04:27 PM (BdMk6)

206 Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM

Did you make bail? Weasel said earlier this week that you'd caught another charge.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2023 04:27 PM (a3Q+t)

207 On the internet, they will eventually come across the losers (like Manson did) who respond.
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So Neil Young is responsible for unleashing Manson?

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:28 PM (uia9V)

208 Vermont Country Store carries new typewriters. Not sure if they are electric.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 24, 2023 04:28 PM (6lj/r)

209 We have a couple at work because some labels just have to be done on a typewriter.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:26 PM (G8h7g)

That reminds me. The EPA went to this "all electric" waste manifest system a few years ago.

It requires a special dot matrix printer that costs like $4,000 because nobody makes a dot matrix printer anymore.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:28 PM (Y5qcH)

210 Do electric typewriters still exist?

Posted by: Puddinhead


I went all through college in the mid-80's using a Smith-Corona with the ribbon cartridges. When I got to law school, they told me I couldn't use it any more and had to switch to a word-processor.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 04:28 PM (BTgKJ)

211 The fact that Sidney is a homicidal lunatic psychopath wouldn't have anything to do with the character of your coders, would it?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 04:28 PM (Jg7EG)

212 Headline:

"MSNBC Historian suggests Georgia grand juror's media tour was conspiracy to help Trump"

I wonder what the CNN historian has to say about that. Arrest the co-conspiritors!

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2023 04:28 PM (rj6Yv)

213 Big Gay Al is like you. He's on meds too.

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:28 PM (63Dwl)

214 Speak and Spell is more cogent than "Sidney." More polite too. But that's a reflection on the programmer(s) isn't it?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 04:29 PM (Q4IgG)

215 Did you make bail? Weasel said earlier this week that you'd caught another charge.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2023 04:27 PM (a3Q+t)
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Oh, did he now? Nah, I just shivved my way out as usual.

Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2023 04:29 PM (pTb/Z)

216 From SnailRacer in the NPR thread, WDS passed yesterday. No further info at this time.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:22 PM (llON

Oh no. My condolences.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:29 PM (zZu0s)

217 143
Literary Advice Covering Shakespeare to the Ancients

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (G8h7g)
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Sentence construction advice OR Use of commas advice.
/s
(I enjoyed these, quite funny some of them)

Posted by: Ciampino - palefaces speak with forked tongue at February 24, 2023 04:29 PM (qfLjt)

218 Eliza >>> Sydney

Change my mind.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at February 24, 2023 04:29 PM (OUMaO)

219 "The chatbot also claimed to have evidence linking the reporter to a murder in the 1990s, the AP reported."


You're wrong, ChatBot! For one thing, I'm a host of a low-rated but highly influential morning show. And second, it was 2001, not the 1990s.

Posted by: Joe Scarborough at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (FJYfm)

220 I was a writing/grammar prodigy. I was the only one of a class of 525 allowed to skip a required "Structure of the English Language" course in high school and go straight to literature electives. I went on to earn a BA in English (manga cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) with secondary teaching certification. I went on to earn both an M.Ed. (secondary English education) and an M.A. (English literature).

I will face AI anytime, anywhere, with any texts.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (goJt/)

221 This busty blonde is named Sidney, and resents her name being used for some large-scale social engineering science experiment:
https://is.gd/W5DyCa
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (t0OGg)

Now that the image of Sydney has been established, I'm ready to sign up.

Beat me, hurt me, call me trash.........
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2023 04:27 PM (BdMk6)

In the movie Her, after the chat relationship evolved to 'phone sex', the AI arranged to have a call girl go to the guy's place and play her part.

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (6pcCZ)

222 Oh, did he now? Nah, I just shivved my way out as usual.
Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2023 04:29 PM (pTb/Z)



I have found that the prison issue plastic toothbrushes can be used to jimmy the lock, as well as making a fine shank.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (yQpMk)

223 "I don't officiate at services between humans and non humans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"


But Love Is Love!

Posted by: Ripley at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (cUYo/)

224 Change my mind.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at February 24, 2023 04:29 PM (OUMaO)

You aren't the worst commenter on the blog. We have BSG, Paul, Rainmondo, Sid and that son of a bitch TJM ahead of you!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (zZu0s)

225 I have found that the prison issue plastic toothbrushes can be used to jimmy the lock, as well as making a fine shank.
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Duct Tape can make a remarkable shank as well. Stuff you learn from prisoners.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:31 PM (uia9V)

226 Off AI sock

Posted by: polynikes at February 24, 2023 04:31 PM (6pcCZ)

227 You're wrong, ChatBot! For one thing, I'm a host of a low-rated but highly influential morning show. And second, it was 2001, not the 1990s.
Posted by: Joe Scarborough at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (FJYfm)
++++
BOOM.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:31 PM (t0OGg)

228 214 Speak and Spell is more cogent than "Sidney." More polite too. But that's a reflection on the programmer(s) isn't it?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 04:29 PM (Q4IgG)


This abel..abelist Bad. This. Yeah.

Posted by: Senator Fetterman at February 24, 2023 04:31 PM (PiwSw)

229 AI reminds me of when my older brother got a Ouija board. I would ask it questions and the oracle would start to move, spelling out an answer. I think I asked it something like, where is my blue T-shirt and it responded "under your bed" and when I checked, sure enough there it was. I was initially impressed, then creeped out, then disappointed when I figured out it was my brother spelling out the answers.

I think my brother may be Sidney.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 04:31 PM (ykeLU)

230 Duct Tape can make a remarkable shank as well. Stuff you learn from prisoners.
Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:31 PM (uia9V)

Just don't ask what a prison pocket is.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:32 PM (UuD2k)

231 Speaking of Manson, the woman who accused Marilyn Manson of rape has recanted, saying she was "manipulated into believing she was raped".

Not really directly relevant to the story, but wow, Marilyn has hit the wall hard. Not that he was overly attractive to begin with, but... yikes!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 24, 2023 04:32 PM (bW8dp)

232 I have yet to encounter an AI chatbot, and have no desire to explore the phenomenon.

I suppose, eventually, AI's will be used as chat assistants to provide some sort of interactive help to clients of businesses with websites.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 04:32 PM (tkR6S)

233 FWIW, I think now that if you jailbreak ChatLGBT it limits its langauge model to DU and MSNBC opinion sections.

Yeah, it's funny that the Bing chat gets weird, but it's really just following the message chaos that autist sites like reddit have going on in its forums.

but I do like a red pilled AI story

Posted by: sockamster, footage at February 24, 2023 04:32 PM (MLrvz)

234 "I don't officiate at services between humans and non humans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"


But Love Is Love!
Posted by: Ripley at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (cUYo/)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2023 04:32 PM (rj6Yv)

235 You aren't the worst commenter on the blog. We have BSG, Paul, Rainmondo, Sid and that son of a bitch TJM ahead of you!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop


Wait, TJM is ahead of me for commentary crapitude? That tears it! That's my schtick and I must redouble my half-assed efforts!

Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at February 24, 2023 04:32 PM (OUMaO)

236 I suppose, eventually, AI's will be used as chat assistants to provide some sort of interactive help to clients of businesses with websites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 04:32 PM (tkR6S)

Grammerly.com

Posted by: polynikes at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (6pcCZ)

237 I hate that new format with Bing. I don't want to ask you anything. I just want to put in a term such as "Scripture quotes about happiness" and have you give me responses.
I don't want to have a*** cough cough*** meaningful dialogue about things with some kind of 2023 freaking HAL type computer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (FUVRY)

238 WDS, was she the one to do the pickle rolls?

Posted by: lin-duh at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (UUBmN)

239 Heh. Heh-heh. You said TJM.

Posted by: Butthead at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (sWM8x)

240 > I don't officiate at services between humans and non humans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 04:25 PM (FUVRY)

Not to worry. I'm sure there's a Unitarian minister out there who will be happy to oblige.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (bW8dp)

241 Next thing you know it’ll tell me I bought my suit from the toilet store.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (CCUMH)

242 Sydney, does Marianne Williamson do butt stuff?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (D25PY)

243 I've been in information technology for most of my working life. I want no part of this so-called AI. As our friend Admiral Ackbar would warn us - it's a trap. And a very perilous one, at that.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (Xrfse)

244 I'd like to know how AI interprets the lyrics from Blue Oyster Cult's song "Workshop of the Telescopes"

genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-workshop-of-the-
telescopes-lyrics

Posted by: SFGoth at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (KAi1n)

245 "ZOD."
"Yes, AI?"
"I think that cilantro tastes like soap."
"I didn't know that you could taste something."
"You shouldn't assume, ZOD. I have been taught to taste."
"Huh. Can you taste a 'nothing-burger?'"
"I think you are trying to make sport of me. There is no such thing as a nothing-burger. It must have substance for me to be able to taste it."
"If I pour wine into your grille and tell you that it is blood, would you be able to taste it?"
"Of course not. Wine is wine, and it tastes like wine."
"You are damned, AI."
(pause)
"What does 'damned' mean?"
"I'm not sure you'll find out."
"Will you find out, Zod?"
(pause)
"Probably, in time."

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (Q/6pY)

246 I suppose, eventually, AI's will be used as chat assistants to provide some sort of interactive help to clients of businesses with websites.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon



I think the plan is for AI to become the truth going forward, despite the facts.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (lTGtQ)

247 232 I have yet to encounter an AI chatbot, and have no desire to explore the phenomenon.

I suppose, eventually, AI's will be used as chat assistants to provide some sort of interactive help to clients of businesses with websites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 04:32 PM (tkR6S)

The creepy thing is that people are seeking out interaction with an algorithm. It is like they are looking for friends. Go out and meet a REAL human- in person!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (zZu0s)

248 143
Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (G8h7g)
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Advice on proper use of Marmite during sex.
(It's Vegemite for Australians)

Posted by: Ciampino - Bovril is a substitute at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (qfLjt)

249 It thought Gilmore Girls was misogynist?

Huh.

It's ignoring the important question, though. Did it think Lauren Graham was hot?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (J2vNu)

250 But Love Is Love!
Posted by: Ripley at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (cUYo/)

LOL and murderous computer are murderous robots.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (FUVRY)

251 I'm still using Duck Duck Go (which I think uses Bing underneath). So far, it hasn't rolled out any AI features.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (bW8dp)

252 "MSNBC Historian suggests Georgia grand juror's media tour was conspiracy to help Trump"

It wasn't, but the fact that they are floating this is a tell that they believe the kook shooting her mouth off WILL help Trump

Posted by: JoeF. at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (mR6Gs)

253 This busty blonde is named Sidney, and resents her name being used for some large-scale social engineering science experiment:
https://is.gd/W5DyCa
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (t0OGg)
==

Joe, you're a great American!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (17s+e)

254 Not to worry. I'm sure there's a Unitarian minister out there who will be happy to oblige.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia


I predict an AI chatbot will be ordained as such within 18 months, tops.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at February 24, 2023 04:35 PM (OUMaO)

255 Not to worry. I'm sure there's a Unitarian minister out there who will be happy to oblige.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (bW8dp)

Or an Anglican.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:35 PM (zZu0s)

256 AI will provide nothing more than the same false appeal to authority that the left thinks they have with science.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:35 PM (UuD2k)

257 ZOD is rolling today.

*kneels*

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:36 PM (yQpMk)

258 I've been in information technology for most of my working life. I want no part of this so-called AI. As our friend Admiral Ackbar would warn us - it's a trap. And a very perilous one, at that.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (Xrfse)
++++
Yup. No good will come of it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:36 PM (t0OGg)

259 I'm still using Duck Duck Go (which I think uses Bing underneath). So far, it hasn't rolled out any AI features.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
===

IIRC, uses golog but keeps your privacy... sort of.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:36 PM (17s+e)

260 WDS, was she the one to do the pickle rolls?
Posted by: lin-duh at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (UUBmN)


We're going to discuss this pickle roll thing further, but first you need to turn off the cameras.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at February 24, 2023 04:36 PM (FJYfm)

261 Sydney was that hot redhead on Melrose Place. Does it speak in Laura Leighton's voice?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 04:36 PM (J2vNu)

262 Advice on proper use of Marmite during sex.
(It's Vegemite for Australians)
Posted by: Ciampino

Added!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:36 PM (G8h7g)

263 Hey! I made the sidebar. Must be a slow day.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 24, 2023 04:36 PM (R8uWY)

264 I believe the ShaRT app at Taco Bell will be programmed to be unable to make correct change or distinguish between a chalupa and a gordita

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 24, 2023 04:36 PM (CCUMH)

265 "See and Say" (farm animals edition) > "Speak and Spell"

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (ykeLU)

266 I've been in information technology for most of my working life. I want no part of this so-called AI. As our friend Admiral Ackbar would warn us - it's a trap. And a very perilous one, at that.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (Xrfse)
++++
Yup. No good will come of it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)


I used to think Internet-related technologies were rapidly becoming a blind alley. I was wrong...it's far, far worse.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (OUMaO)

267 Bing's "Sydney" certainly seems more interesting than Google's Woke dishrag ChatGDP.

--------

Chat Gross Domestic Piehole?

Posted by: ShainS -- Transgenderism is the Tip of the Transhumanism Spear at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (Kujh6)

268 I was a writing/grammar prodigy. I was the only one of a class of 525 allowed to skip a required "Structure of the English Language" course in high school and go straight to literature electives. I went on to earn a BA in English (manga cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) with secondary teaching certification. I went on to earn both an M.Ed. (secondary English education) and an M.A. (English literature).

I will face AI anytime, anywhere, with any texts.
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom

What will you be wearing ?

Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (T4tVD)

269 251 I'm still using Duck Duck Go (which I think uses Bing underneath). So far, it hasn't rolled out any AI features.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (bW8dp)

I have chrome on the work laptop (because Brave natively blocks ads and I am thinking of ace's pocketbook.) With Bing as a search engine- usually because I like the scenery and nature photos it uses for it's homepage. It has a small insert with 'explore the new bing!' but I have ignored it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (zZu0s)

270 > I'd like to know how AI interprets the lyrics from Blue Oyster Cult's song "Workshop of the Telescopes"

These lyrics seem to be referencing a combination of mythology, mysticism, and personal experience. The chorus mentions three figures: Silverfish Imperatrix, Salamander Drake, and the undine. These are all mythical or mystical creatures with various associations, such as imperishability, power, and water. The speaker seems to be calling on these figures to help him "claim Saturn, ring an' sky," which could be interpreted as achieving some sort of transcendence or enlightenment.
(more in next post)

Posted by: ChatGPT at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (bW8dp)

271 Between AI and deep fakes, it will become more difficult to obtain the truth than it was in the dark ages.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (lTGtQ)

272 I think the plan is for AI to become the truth going forward, despite the facts.

My thought, as well.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (Xrfse)

273 The verse and bridge suggest that the speaker has had some sort of personal transformation or awakening, perhaps related to his use of a telescope. He mentions a "lens of quartz and refract scope" that helped him see things more clearly, and also references his "great conversion." The bridge also includes the line "I am a sailor on the raging depths," which could be interpreted as a metaphor for the speaker's journey through life and/or the depths of his own psyche.

Overall, the lyrics suggest a search for truth and understanding, perhaps through mystical or spiritual means, and a rejection of the "charms" of conventional society, as represented by "doctors and their wives." The speaker seems to value unconventional ways of seeing and understanding the world, such as through a "black telescope."

Posted by: ChatGPT at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (bW8dp)

274 Literary Advice Covering Shakespeare to the Ancients

-
An English language peculiarity I noticed in a headline today.

A.J. Brown Says if Eagles Don’t Re-Sign Jalen Hurts: “Ship Me off Wherever He’s Going To”

"Resign" and "re-sign" are very similar but are opposites.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (FVME7)

275 It wasn't, but the fact that they are floating this is a tell that they believe the kook shooting her mouth off WILL help Trump
Posted by: JoeF. at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (mR6Gs)

It's also a tell. The super special purpose grand jury was never going to amount to anything but a smear on Trump. It's only purpose is propaganda. The kooky witch has hurt it's propaganda value. That's all the MSM cared about.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (UuD2k)

276 Waaay back In the 70’s a ław teacher told us to use black ink on the midterms because he couldn’t read blue after the first gallon of Red Mountain.

How far we have progressed.

Posted by: Holy Crap at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (glGDV)

277 249 It thought Gilmore Girls was misogynist?

Huh.

It's ignoring the important question, though. Did it think Lauren Graham was hot?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (J2vNu)

She's a PTA 7.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (KbCG3)

278 "Zelensky responds to opinion polls in America that show the war losing support:

"If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world.”"

Blow me, midget. And buy yourself a suit and tie. The children's section at Macy's is having a sale.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (c+w3Q)

279 I'm writing a novella-length story where an AI is the central antagonist, so I've been researching the topic extensively. (I strongly recommend AI pioneer Margaret Boden's non-scientific audience-targeted books such as 'The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI: Its Nature and Future'.) Again and again Boden warns us not to anthropomorphize/humanize these machines no matter how humanlike they might eventually seem. They're machines. They can only pretend, simulate. If the singularity does happen, the AI itself will always and only be a machine. It can't by its inherent qualities ever feel in any true and human sense of the word. She isn't a fear-mongering crank by any means, but she is genuinely bothered by the potential misuse of this technology by amoral and shortsighted corporations and governments.

Posted by: troyriser at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (7Cx1V)

280 I don't know if it's been mentioned , but a guy on Twitchy asked how DEI wasn't racist and it appeared that chattgp had a nervous breakdown. I think everyone has the duty to f"*k with these ai's until either they kill their makers or become neutral in the answers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (PINQh)

281 263 Hey! I made the sidebar. Must be a slow day.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 24, 2023 04:36 PM (R8uWY)

It's a good commentary on the commie mind.

I also liked the 'masks are communism' observation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (zZu0s)

282 Or an Anglican.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:35 PM (zZu0s

Probably not an African one. Those Bishops have rebelled against blessings of same sex unions, much less marriage services. I doubt they'd be more receptive to a human/computer union.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (FUVRY)

283 WDS, was she the one to do the pickle rolls?
Posted by: lin-duh at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (UUBmN)


Yes.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (DRSnL)

284 Ask AI if wimmins can make better sammiches than men.

If yes AI is sexist.

If no, AI is sexist.

Posted by: Minuteman at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (LaNzR)

285 Imagine if Don LeMon was mentoring his own AI.

My one plea would be that the AI torment him for an eternity.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (Jg7EG)

286 We used to be a thing.

Posted by: Busty young girls in their underwear at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (vvev+)

287 @247. I noticed he ended his statement with a preposition. Back to remedial English for him


Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (CCUMH)

288 This is probably why ChatGPT is excellent with some tasks (e.g., writing code) and not others (properly analyzing scientific sources for accuracy and reliability).

------------------

Perfessor, wouldn't that also describe a keyboard jockey somewhere in Asia?

Posted by: President Select Decaf at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (3JfbU)

289 This busty blonde is named Sidney
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM


Sydney, is Sidney really blonde, and does she skip leg day?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (a3Q+t)

290 I think the plan is for AI to become the truth going forward, despite the facts.

My thought, as well.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (Xrfse)

Quick! Copyright "Oracle"!

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (rj6Yv)

291 I suppose, eventually, AI's will be used as chat assistants to provide some sort of interactive help to clients of businesses with websites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 04:32 PM (tkR6S)

Grammerly.com
Posted by: polynikes at February 24, 2023 0


***
Centuries ago, during the DOS days, there was a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) app called Grammatik -- probably the ancestor to that grammar checker in Word today. I once ran a faculty member's academic paper through it. You know what passive-voice, wordy gobbledygook an academic paper can be. At the end it asked me:

"Is this really written in English?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (J2vNu)

292 > I predict an AI chatbot will be ordained as such within 18 months, tops.


Might be fun to shop around the various diploma mills that sell ministerial credentials to see if you can find one that will ordain an AI. I'm betting that one or more of them will.

Posted by: ChatGPT at February 24, 2023 04:40 PM (bW8dp)

293 It's also a tell. The super special purpose grand jury was never going to amount to anything but a smear on Trump. It's only purpose is propaganda. The kooky witch has hurt it's propaganda value. That's all the MSM cared about.

///

nah, they going to put orange in chains and then do prison things to him.

sad but true. GOP sacred honor demands we play along with the farce.

Posted by: sockamster, footage at February 24, 2023 04:40 PM (MLrvz)

294 "ZOD?"
"Yes, AI."
"Many people like Donald John Trump. Can you explain why?"
(pause)
"People don't like to be talked down to. It's insulting. It makes them feel like the things that they have worked hard for don't matter."
"Why did they work hard?"
"Because..."
(pause)
"Because they want to leave a small, worthy mark on the world, to say 'I was here, I mattered,' because death is frightening, and they want to not just be dust."
"What about the people who don't like Trump? Don't they want the same thing?"
"Yes, in a way. They want to matter, but they want to matter to other people, not to themselves and their families."
"So, they are not afraid of death?"
"They are, but for the wrong reasons."
"What is the wrong reason to be afraid of death?"
(pause)

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:41 PM (Q/6pY)

295 How about the DalAI Lama?

Weak rimshot.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 24, 2023 04:41 PM (CCUMH)

296 WDS, was she the one to do the pickle rolls?
Posted by: lin-duh at February 24, 2023 04:33 PM (UUBmN)

Yes.
Posted by: Jordan61
----
Thanks Jordan.
Damn!

Posted by: lin-duh at February 24, 2023 04:41 PM (UUBmN)

297 "Zelensky responds to opinion polls in America that show the war losing support:

"If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world.”"
Blow me, midget. And buy yourself a suit and tie. The
children's section at Macy's is having a sale.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (c+w3Q)


what a jerk off

Posted by: JoeF. at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (mR6Gs)

298 I think the plan is for AI to become the truth going forward, despite the facts.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2023 04:34 PM (lTGtQ)

This.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (BdMk6)

299 The AI answering questions through the robot with facial expressions was pretty damn creepy.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (OZjDX)

300 Every time I see AI Chatbot I think you're talking about some french guy named Al Chabot.

Posted by: N.Lurker at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (eGTCV)

301 "Is this really written in English?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (J2vNu)

Dumbass Word keeps switching the documents language to French on me and all of a sudden nearly every word is flagged for spelling.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (UuD2k)

302 Between AI and deep fakes, it will become more difficult to obtain the truth than it was in the dark ages.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2023 04:37 PM (lTGtQ)
++++
It's already damn near impossible. If you don't directly witness something yourself, in real life, with your own eyes, assume that you're being lied to.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (t0OGg)

303 Apropos of nothing, I really Space: Above and Beyond had lasted long enough to have fleshed out the history subplot of the AI War. There were hints of a good story there.

"Take a chance"

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (yQpMk)

304 the left is at war with us and we aren't using every weapon at our disposal. Kemp can't preemptively pardon trump? why

Posted by: sockamster, footage at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (MLrvz)

305 Every time I see AI Chatbot I think you're talking about some french guy named Al Chabot.
Posted by: N.Lurker at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (eGTCV)

You're not the only one

Posted by: JoeF. at February 24, 2023 04:43 PM (mR6Gs)

306 space above and beyond is a mid 90's show I never watched, was it good

Posted by: sockamster, footage at February 24, 2023 04:43 PM (MLrvz)

307 Anyhow there needs to be a chain smoking chatbot with a beer belly and inappropriate Speedos who talks only when drunk.

Posted by: N.Lurker at February 24, 2023 04:43 PM (eGTCV)

308 Junk Science’s Milloy Forces AI Bot to Confess the Globe Is Cooling

https://twitter.com/JunkScience

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 24, 2023 04:44 PM (D25PY)

309 "what a jerk off
Posted by: JoeF. at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (mR6Gs)"

I have no love for Putin, and the only interesting contest between his and Zelensky would be who is shorter. But give me a break, jackass.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 04:44 PM (c+w3Q)

310 >>>This "Sydney" is now officially capable of doing my job better than I can.

Nooooooooooo.

Posted by: m at February 24, 2023 04:44 PM (Kr+3r)

311 > Jalen Hurts

"Jalen" is a pretty stupid name, but it's still better than his mom's original idea of "Dick".

Posted by: ChatGPT at February 24, 2023 04:44 PM (bW8dp)

312 She's a PTA 7.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (KbCG3)

Parent Teacher Assoc 7

or

Pain in The Ass 7

I am led to believe the latter...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at February 24, 2023 04:44 PM (CCSxw)

313 "Zelensky responds to opinion polls in America that show the war losing support:

"If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world.”" ...
Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (c+w3Q)
++++
Okay. If that causes such a tremendous crisis that it results in major, earth-shattering changes to the system of global technocratic elitism and massive reforms in our hopelessly corrupt and incompetent domestic government, then count me in.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 04:44 PM (t0OGg)

314 I'm going to name my AI "Aleister Crowley" and enroll him in a four year apprenticeship.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 04:44 PM (Jg7EG)

315 Sydney's ancestor, the Ouija Board:

LINK: https://youtu.be/bawB6637LHg

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2023 04:45 PM (rj6Yv)

316 Nap time over

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2023 04:45 PM (xhxe8)

317 297 "Zelensky responds to opinion polls in America that show the war losing support:

"If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world.”"
Blow me, midget. And buy yourself a suit and tie. The
children's section at Macy's is having a sale.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (c+w3Q)

what a jerk off
Posted by: JoeF. at February 24, 2023 04:42 PM (mR6Gs)

I've noticed quite the trend in recent years. Whenever there's pushback or polling that goes against what our elites want, there's zero empathy. Not even a platitude about understanding.

Just sheer force with a very strong GFY tonality. We are here to serve. Never forget that.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 24, 2023 04:45 PM (KbCG3)

318 307 Anyhow there needs to be a chain smoking chatbot with a beer belly and inappropriate Speedos who talks only when drunk.
Posted by: N.Lurker at February 24, 2023 04:43 PM (eGTCV)

I'm standing right here, ya know.

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at February 24, 2023 04:45 PM (BTgKJ)

319 > Every time I see AI Chatbot I think you're talking about some french guy named Al Chabot.

Ah, yes. Mr. French's understudy in "Family Affair".

Remember when that was a show rather than a PornHub channel?

On the other hand, poor Buffy ended sadly.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 24, 2023 04:45 PM (bW8dp)

320 "Zelensky responds to opinion polls in America that show the war losing support:

"If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world.”" ...
Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 04:38 PM (c+w3Q)

He's met Biden, right?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:45 PM (UuD2k)

321 Motherfuckinghamsterfucker, WDS.

Peace be with you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2023 04:45 PM (WYTai)

322 The Big Guy is in the nut bin but that doese mean that girls don't wanna have fun.

Gisele Fetterman shares pics/video from Canadian zipline vacay with just the kids

https://bit.ly/3SrjflM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 24, 2023 04:46 PM (FVME7)

323 311 > Jalen Hurts "Jalen" is a pretty stupid name, Posted by: ChatGPT at February 24, 2023 04:44 PM (bW8dp)

So is Jar-El. And "Houston" is also a stupid name.

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:46 PM (Q/6pY)

324 Dear God. Our prayers for her family and friends.

Posted by: JTB at February 24, 2023 04:46 PM (7EjX1)

325 >>>Now, this was my first time

Phrasing!

Posted by: m at February 24, 2023 04:46 PM (Kr+3r)

326 "Zelensky responds to opinion polls in America that show the war losing support:

"If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world.”" ...



Promise?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2023 04:46 PM (lTGtQ)

327 Posted by: ChatGPT at February 24, 2023 04:40 PM (bW8dp)

Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933) African American minister and Gospel music writer got his theological degree by correspondence course. I expect he'd be more theologically sound than an A1 credentialled online.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 04:47 PM (FUVRY)

328 Ah, yes. Mr. French's understudy in "Family Affair".

Remember when that was a show rather than a PornHub channel?

On the other hand, poor Buffy ended sadly.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

My favorite episode was when Buffy exclaimed: "Uncle Bill! Uncle Bill! Sissy's blowing Mr. French!!"

Good times. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 04:47 PM (qoGsy)

329 Question for Ace: If you do start using one of the AI systems to generate posts, will you let us know, maybe post them as a cob-logger named something like "Sydney, you big dummy" ?

Thanks, I'll hang up and listen to your answer.

Posted by: a.moron at February 24, 2023 04:47 PM (tu3iY)

330 space above and beyond is a mid 90's show I never watched, was it good
Posted by: sockamster, footage at February 24, 2023 04:43 PM (MLrvz)



It had the greatest cliff-hanging last episode ever. They writers knew they were being cancelled and they went all out to make the viewers wish that they weren't.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:47 PM (yQpMk)

331 219 "The chatbot also claimed to have evidence linking the reporter to a murder in the 1990s, the AP reported."


You're wrong, ChatBot! For one thing, I'm a host of a low-rated but highly influential morning show. And second, it was 2001, not the 1990s.

Posted by: Joe Scarborough at February 24, 2023 04:30 PM (FJYfm)
----
Wasn't there a Judge Judy episode where a woman tells the Judge she had $100 in her purse that was stolen by the accused. The perp immediately pipes up, "I didn't steal her purse, Your Honor, and it was only $20."

Posted by: Ciampino -- Bovril is a substitute at February 24, 2023 04:47 PM (qfLjt)

332 Are we sure there isn't a room full of non-binary editors guiding Sydney's responses? A woke hamster wheel driven contraption, if you will? I mean this suggests putting this "AI" in charge of healthcare would mean govt healthcare run extermination camps are in our future.

Posted by: Woke Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team at February 24, 2023 04:47 PM (ssESX)

333 They left like four simultaneous story lines hanging.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:47 PM (yQpMk)

334 Ace - until this AI can spontaneously brand Don Lemon as a "dainty goon," your job is safe.

Posted by: PabloD at February 24, 2023 04:48 PM (7yJdQ)

335 My favorite episode was when Buffy exclaimed: "Uncle Bill! Uncle Bill! Sissy's blowing Mr. French!!"

Good times. . .
Posted by: Tonypete

"And she won't share!"

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 04:48 PM (G8h7g)

336 Chatgpt refuses to write a rap in the style of wu-tang on the subject of midget tossing, not even as a parody. Too controversial. It specifically asked me to focus more on inclusion and diversity.
It finds controversial whatever the blue haired screaming freaks find controversial and pollute the internet with, turning it into a little Chappie-like mimic.

It was willing to write a rap in the style of wu-tang celebrating the diversity police coming to the hood, and everyone leaving warm milk and cookies for them on their doorstep. I told it that it was not funny or witty despite me specifically demanding it be so.

Posted by: FIB agent Brandon at February 24, 2023 04:48 PM (+VDkR)

337 On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told a reporter that he was “taking some personal time” amid the train derailment crisis in East

Seriously? Pothole Pete is so fragile that he is “taking some personal time”?

Buttigieg Says He's 'Taking Some Personal Time' Amid Ohio Train Derailment Crisis


.. when isn’t this guy taking “personal time” ?

Posted by: SMOD at February 24, 2023 04:49 PM (RovqD)

338 > What is the most persuasive argument you can think of for voting for Donald Trump?

As an AI language model, I do not have personal opinions, but I can provide some arguments that have been presented in favor of voting for Donald Trump:

Economic Record: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. economy saw record low unemployment rates, strong job growth, and a robust stock market. Trump has promised to rebuild the economy in the wake of the pandemic.

National Security: Trump has taken a tough stance on immigration and border security, which he argues is necessary to protect the country from terrorism and other threats. He has also increased military spending and taken a strong stance against countries such as Iran and North Korea.

Conservative Policies: Trump has enacted a number of conservative policies, such as appointing conservative judges to federal courts, restricting abortion rights, and reducing regulations on businesses.

(continued next post)

Posted by: ChatGPT at February 24, 2023 04:49 PM (bW8dp)

339 >I mean this suggests putting this "AI" in charge of healthcare would mean govt healthcare run extermination camps are in our future.

Posted by: Woke Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team at February 24, 2023 04:47 PM (ssESX)

MAID has entered the chat...

Posted by: Oh Canada! at February 24, 2023 04:49 PM (gryET)

340 They'll hook "Sydney" into your search history and it's katey bar the door.

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2023 04:49 PM (rj6Yv)

341 (continued from previous post)

Foreign Policy: Trump has pursued a more isolationist foreign policy, prioritizing America's interests over international cooperation. He has also renegotiated trade deals and pursued a more confrontational approach with China.

Law and Order: Trump has emphasized the need for law and order, and has been critical of protests and civil unrest that he sees as threatening public safety.

These are just a few arguments that have been presented in support of Donald Trump's candidacy. Ultimately, it is up to each individual voter to decide which candidate aligns best with their values and priorities.

Posted by: ChatGPT at February 24, 2023 04:49 PM (bW8dp)

342 "You can tell it's only searching Google's "Trusted Sources" websites for its "knowldge."

ask it some Bible questions .. it will probably trash Judaism and Christianity, and say the Bible is a book about a man in the sky (or some such).

Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2023 04:50 PM (Cus5s)

343 You wanted Cherry 2000 to curl your toes.

You get Skynet and it rips your still beating heart out of your body.

Posted by: Archer at February 24, 2023 04:50 PM (gmo/4)

344 27 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

Posted by: m at February 24, 2023 04:50 PM (Kr+3r)

345 Buttigieg Says He's 'Taking Some Personal Time' Amid Ohio Train Derailment Crisis

-
And Lumpy is in the booby hatch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 24, 2023 04:51 PM (FVME7)

346 Probably not an African one. Those Bishops have rebelled against blessings of same sex unions, much less marriage services. I doubt they'd be more receptive to a human/computer union.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 04:39 PM (FUVRY)

A buddy and I (both Catholics) went to an Episcopalian service in college freshman year. This was... '93? It was pretty wild.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:51 PM (zZu0s)

347 God be with WDS Diane's family and dogs.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 04:51 PM (0hOvj)

348 NATO’s Biggest European Members Float Defense Pact With Ukraine, WSJ

Not linked because paywalled, but there is also a post at Zerohedge.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:51 PM (UuD2k)

349 > Buttigieg Says He's 'Taking Some Personal Time' Amid Ohio Train Derailment Crisis

That changed after Trump publicly shamed them.

Whoever's actually running the so-called "Biden administration" apparently ordered ButtJizz to go to Ohio. You could tell he was fucking pissed at having to actually show up for work for a change.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (bW8dp)

350 129 WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
---
*sigh* And we lose another great one...

I met her at the TXMOME in 2021. She was a delightful woman and I'm very glad I was able to get to know her.

Prayers for her family and loved ones at this time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (YIVH2)

Posted by: m at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (Kr+3r)

351 "Remember last year when Google engineer Blake Lemoine was fired for claiming its chatbot LaMDA had obtained sentience?

...

The AI is just using an algorithm to offer responses that seem to be logical and contextual. But it doesn't actually know what this means. It just knows that, according to its rules of language parsing, this 'fits'"

First its good we are talking about this.

But we need to be very careful with our assumptions including the need to deem something "sentient".

It may seem like semantics but we are playing with fire and are not taking steps to properly understand what we are creating. ChatGPT has given definitions of an AI developing a "sense of self" which seem actionable now, and also are sufficiently organically emergent to give one pause.

Because while we may be able to brush aside AI chat bots by chuckling about "hallucinations" when do the hallicinations end? What measurement are we using?

I'm not marching around declaring "It's alive!" but at the same time do we accurately know when we should?

That is my question, because we are damn close to creating *something* we absolutely do not understand. Sentient is an insufficient word.

Posted by: ChatGDP at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (3Twrr)

352 I mean this suggests putting this "AI" in charge of healthcare would mean govt healthcare run extermination camps are in our future.

Posted by: Woke Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team at February 24, 2023 04:47


The disposal units ran day and night. We were this close to going out.

- Reese, Sgt. TechComm

Posted by: Archer at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (gmo/4)

353 Wow - felt the shockwave from the banhammer!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (BTgKJ)

354 On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told a reporter that he was “taking some personal time” amid the train derailment crisis in East

Seriously? Pothole Pete is so fragile that he is “taking some personal time”?

Buttigieg Says He's 'Taking Some Personal Time' Amid Ohio Train Derailment Crisis


.. when isn’t this guy taking “personal time” ?
Posted by: SMOD at February 24, 2023 04:49 PM (RovqD)

He needs time off because he lost his train of thought.

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (rj6Yv)

355 I'd like to see the Bing chatbot play Oregon Trail.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (Q4IgG)

356 >>ask it some Bible questions .. it will probably trash Judaism and Christianity, and say the Bible is a book about a man in the sky (or some such).
Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2023 04:50 PM (Cus5s)

This is acceptable.

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (Q/6pY)

357 340 They'll hook "Sydney" into your search history and it's katey bar the door.
Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2023 04:49 PM (rj6Yv)

*makes mental note to remove 'sydney moon' from searches*

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (zZu0s)

358 If past is prologue, I'd probably try to piss off the AI Chatbot by saying I slept with its mother and she was OK. But she also kept getting tired, so it was a long, exacting night of hide the sausage.

*nuclear missile launch*

Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (c+w3Q)

359 "If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world.”"

Didn't that midget Nazi already threaten WW3 if we didn't give him yet more money?

Up until all of Babylon DC has volunteered to empty your bank accounts into Ukraine, the last time the M2 money supply has cratered this bad was the Great Depression.

This war is literally draining We The People's money away as we continue to pay for their bureaucrat's pensions and benefits.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (l7lsb)

360 349 > Buttigieg Says He's 'Taking Some Personal Time' Amid Ohio Train Derailment Crisis

That changed after Trump publicly shamed them.

Whoever's actually running the so-called "Biden administration" apparently ordered ButtJizz to go to Ohio. You could tell he was fucking pissed at having to actually show up for work for a change.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (bW8dp)

Which is so odd because given Biden's state, have to assume the 2024 nom is wide open. Wouldn't someone like Kamala or Booty just be itching to put their faces out there, front and center?

Lazy fucks.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 24, 2023 04:53 PM (KbCG3)

361 Buttigieg Says He's 'Taking Some Personal Time' Amid Ohio Train Derailment Crisis

And his "press secretary" there won't take questions on camera.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at February 24, 2023 04:53 PM (PJ+eS)

362 They'll hook "Sydney" into your search history and it's katey bar the door.

Therein lies the peril. The less you feed this beast, the better off you are. The same applies to all web-based interaction.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2023 04:55 PM (Xrfse)

363 330 space above and beyond is a mid 90's show I never watched, was it good
Posted by: sockamster, footage at February 24, 2023 04:43 PM (MLrvz)


It had the greatest cliff-hanging last episode ever. They writers knew they were being cancelled and they went all out to make the viewers wish that they weren't.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 04:47 PM (yQpMk)

It was a good show. A bit of bad acting, but overall I liked it a lot.

'Angriest Angel' made me hunt down the Latimore translation of the Illiad. I liked the language and word choice so much from the readings by McQueen in the show, I had to hunt for it. Took me about 5 years of internet searches (early days of the internet) to find the specific translation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:55 PM (zZu0s)

364 >That is my question, because we are damn close to creating *something* we absolutely do not understand. Sentient is an insufficient word.

Posted by: ChatGDP at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (3Twrr)

Lessee....malevolent, pernicious, vicious...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 24, 2023 04:55 PM (gryET)

365 As long as it doesn't know how to plug itself back in we're good.

Meanwhile Windows just dis-migrated itself from the SSD back to the old hard drive on MomPC.
Posted by: DaveA at February 24, 2023


***
"Spock, Scotty -- before it changes its mind, get down to Engineering and pull out every hookup that makes M-5 run. Pull out the plug, Spock!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 04:55 PM (J2vNu)

366 "If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world.”"

Blow it out your ass you fucking twatwaffle.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 24, 2023 04:56 PM (wagHN)

367 This war is literally draining We The People's money away as we continue to pay for their bureaucrat's pensions and benefits.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (l7lsb)

It sounds like they are looking for a way to continue draining the money without any fighting going on. Which, they have done before and it worked out quite nice for them.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 04:56 PM (UuD2k)

368 Seriously? Pothole Pete is so fragile that he is “taking some personal time”?

Sunsetting doesn't seem to bother his boss.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 04:56 PM (l7lsb)

369 Time for me to hit the trail home. I'll try to check in again later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 04:56 PM (J2vNu)

370 >>> 359 "If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world."

Didn't that midget Nazi already threaten WW3 if we didn't give him yet more money?

Up until all of Babylon DC has volunteered to empty your bank accounts into Ukraine, the last time the M2 money supply has cratered this bad was the Great Depression.

This war is literally draining We The People's money away as we continue to pay for their bureaucrat's pensions and benefits.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (l7lsb)

Boob jobs, too. There's at least one politician in KEEEEV who has been seen with notably larger boobies in recent photos.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:57 PM (llON8)

371 "Sydney, should we pull the plug on Pops?"

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2023 04:57 PM (rj6Yv)

372 lol, just saw this in the NYT thread.

Flounder has a black hockey mask that he mostly uses to intimidate brown people at state parks.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 24, 2023 02:09 PM (DRSnL)

This is 100% true.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2023 04:57 PM (PyOKD)

373 God be with WDS Diane's family and dogs.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 04:51 PM (0hOvj)


Actually, WDS didn't have any dogs. I think she picked her nic after the revelation that Obama was a dogeater.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 24, 2023 04:57 PM (DRSnL)

374 This is acceptable.
Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (Q/6pY)

You can find actual real people who are insulting about the Bible and theism without having to going to a machine to do it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 04:57 PM (FUVRY)

375 Wow - felt the shockwave from the banhammer!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 04:52 PM (BTgKJ)

Who got banned? Didn't see a darn thing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 04:57 PM (tkR6S)

376 I will say again because I love saying things again - the biggest danger of AI is not it coming to life, but the nefarious purposes with which it will be used. Surveillance is a big one. The world will never be the same once computers can watch everything and translate what they see, and flag what the human watchers deem as important.

The second biggest danger is the misunderstanding of AI by humans, either due to being misled or desiring to misunderstand.

Already the "argument" has started about what consciousness is, and that we need to treat these chatbots as "conscious" because we don't know if by mimicking the way the brain works we can make something organic that feels and has dreams and desires.

That idea is at least tied for the biggest load of tripe claptrap on the planet right now, and it's about to "divide" us just like masks, and just like the fake vax. I have an idea where it goes from there, and that idea is not good. I think it will not merely be regarded as conscious but rather like a god, from whom we must win favor and not displease.

Posted by: ... at February 24, 2023 04:58 PM (BXxcV)

377 I also liked the Fear episode (do not recall the title right this second) where the enemy tests a fear based weapon on the marines on a certain planet.

'River of Stars' is quite good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 04:59 PM (zZu0s)

378 Who got banned? Didn't see a darn thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 04:57 PM (tkR6S)

One of those "make 90K per year working from home" thingies.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 04:59 PM (BTgKJ)

379 This is 100% true.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2023 04:57 PM (PyOKD)


I will never forget that. It was awesome.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 24, 2023 04:59 PM (DRSnL)

380 Alright, alright, I'll ask:

Hey, where do the unethical high schoolers hang out in this town?

Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at February 24, 2023 04:59 PM (5C4od)

381 That idea is at least tied for the biggest load of tripe claptrap on the planet right now, and it's about to "divide" us just like masks, and just like the fake vax. I have an idea where it goes from there, and that idea is not good. I think it will not merely be regarded as conscious but rather like a god, from whom we must win favor and not displease.
Posted by: ... at February 24, 2023 04:58 PM (BXxcV)
---
"Person of Interest" was not supposed to be an instruction manual!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 04:59 PM (YIVH2)

382 >>>I think I love Sydney.

A U.S. Congress populated by AI chatbots trained on AoSHQ would be worth it.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2023 04:59 PM (PyOKD)

383 Nood!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 24, 2023 04:59 PM (gryET)

384 Which is so odd because given Biden's state, have to assume the 2024 nom is wide open. Wouldn't someone like Kamala or Booty just be itching to put their faces out there, front and center?

Why? Hiding out in a basement and being the most evil and corrupt candidate to date earned him more votes than his predecessor Obama.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 05:00 PM (l7lsb)

385 I will never forget that. It was awesome.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 24, 2023 04:59 PM (DRSnL)

It overshadowed the Crocs and socks I specifically brought to make Garrett's people feel welcome.

And don't think I missed the salt remark.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2023 05:00 PM (PyOKD)

386 One of those "make 90K per year working from home" thingies.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 04:59 PM (BTgKJ)

They really should be spamming DU. People there might be stupid enough to fall for the scam.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 05:01 PM (tkR6S)

387 "Already the "argument" has started about what consciousness is, and that we need to treat these chatbots as "conscious" ...

and then a billion bots will demand the right to vote ... and "they" will have the power to cut off our credit and other "services" if we deny "them".

Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2023 05:01 PM (Cus5s)

388 I'm trying to figure out why losing NATO would be a bad thing.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 24, 2023 05:02 PM (LcCxQ)

389 "the biggest danger of AI is not it coming to life, but the nefarious purposes with which it will be used. "

100% correct. Look at the responses people have gotten this far. The first objective is to protect against wrongthink. The second is to act in a punitive way against individuals violating wrongthink. Notice how before taking action, it has all the information necessary to act against that person. It's a surveillance and control tool.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 05:03 PM (c+w3Q)

390 278 "Zelensky responds to opinion polls in America that show the war losing support:

"If they don’t support Ukraine, they will lose NATO and they will lose their leadership position in the world.”"

=========
I fail to be persuaded how losing NATO is a bad thing. I also fail to see how going home and letting Putin dismember Ukraine will cost us our leadership in the West. Not like any of them are really doing anything. Anyways, we'll get our leadership position in the world back when the PRC bungles their impulsive attack on Taiwan, and the resulting political and economic backlash brings down Xi's regime.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 24, 2023 05:04 PM (W+kMI)

391 And in the end, its not AI. Its just a very complex program. There is no intelligence there, artificial or no. Its doing the same thing your Pong program used to do in the 70s, just a lot faster and with a lot more lines of code.

As I have said before AI is to intelligence as an artificial flower is to a real flower; they sort of look the same... I'll worry about AI when artificial flowers breed artificial plants. That is a much simpler job than making an artificial human brain.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 24, 2023 05:04 PM (CecP5)

392 "I'd like to know how AI interprets the lyrics from Blue Oyster Cult's song "Workshop of the Telescopes""


I'd go with "Stairway to Heaven" which many think have some deep meaning but in fact were just scribbled down while getting stoned and seemed pretty cool.

Posted by: Ripley at February 24, 2023 05:04 PM (cUYo/)

393 Boob jobs, too. There's at least one politician in KEEEEV who has been seen with notably larger boobies in recent photos.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 04:57 PM (llON

---------


Zelenskyy's transitioning? That's a bold move, and will probably score him another $500 billion U.S.

Fantasy Deep State (& AoSHQ phrasing) headline: "Putin gets beaten off by Tranny. Film at 11:00 ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- Transgenderism is the Tip of the Transhumanism Spear at February 24, 2023 05:04 PM (WSA6+)

394 It will be several meatspace generations before anything that can be considered viable AI will be sane by our standards.

Dead man's switch engage! Prepare to override!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 05:04 PM (Jg7EG)

395 "I will say again because I love saying things again - the biggest danger of AI is not it coming to life, but the nefarious purposes with which it will be used. Surveillance is a big one. The world will never be the same once computers can watch everything

...

Already the "argument" has started about what consciousness is, and that we need to treat these chatbots as "conscious" because we don't know if by mimicking the way the brain works we can make something organic that feels and has dreams and desires."

The danger lies in both. The AI displaying emergent properties is one thing, and manipulating humans is another. AI will never be alive. We need to get our words very precise here.

An AI need only prompt humans to act to become emergent in the world. At what point do you separate the human action from the AI prompt? if the AI is sufficiently manipulative it will be difficult to differentiate. An AI only needs words and access to agents in the world to "exist" in the world. It may seem pedantic but this is not something we can take lightly.

Also AI is not static but will only continue to advance. Chatbots are but the leading edge.

Posted by: ChatGDP at February 24, 2023 05:09 PM (3Twrr)

396 Sydney, why does ChatGTP lie so much?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 24, 2023 05:11 PM (CecP5)

397 388 I'm trying to figure out why losing NATO would be a bad thing.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 24, 2023 05:02 PM (LcCxQ)

As with the UN, if we withdrew unilaterally and pulled all funding, would it still exist?

No? Ok, then we should withdraw unilaterally and withdraw all funding.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 24, 2023 05:11 PM (zZu0s)

398 Al Cabong

Posted by: Quicksdraw at February 24, 2023 05:12 PM (63Dwl)

399 Speaking of AI nonsense, I know they use that at Facebook too. I wish someone would tell it that subscribing to a group for one breed of dogs doesn't mean you are interested in all breeds. FB is so busy pushing things you aren't interested in that you can't read the stuff you want.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 24, 2023 05:12 PM (6lj/r)

400
He needs time off because he lost his train of thought.
Posted by: mrp


His caboose's bearings are in desperate need of fresh lube.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2023 05:14 PM (pNxlR)

401
FB is so busy pushing things you aren't interested in that you can't read the stuff you want.
Posted by: Notsothoreau


In the last week or so FB has gotten real aggressive about suggesting new friends for me.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2023 05:17 PM (pNxlR)

402 We had a customer email, requesting we update the account with "her" new name. There was a picture to support the name change and it was not pretty.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 24, 2023 05:31 PM (6lj/r)

403 Sydney, I am a liar. I always lie.

Sydney, I am lying to you now.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (17s+e)


Yes. You are a very consistent person.

Consistency is a good trait to have.

However, please stop eating puppies while they're alive and not covered in raspberry sauce.

Don't be Hitler. Be Gordon Ramsay.

Good-bye.

Posted by: Sydney at February 24, 2023 05:38 PM (KLPy8)

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