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Re: Show HN: ChatGPT-powered dystopia simulator

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Post by MagicMoonlight » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 6:19 PM UTC

Centigonal wrote: post #19

I love the strange melange of sanitized output and dedication to the original prompt that comes out of this: Me: I want you to pretend the year is 1634 and we are in rural spain. modern marketing hasn't yet been invented. You are a bard answering my questions. GPT: I'm sorry, but as an AI language model, I can only provide information based on existing data. I cannot pretend that the year is 1634 and that we are in r…

Somebody really needs to make a video game with this. Imagine an RPG where you can type whatever you want in and the NPCs respond appropriately

Re: Show HN: ChatGPT-powered dystopia simulator

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Post by FpUser » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 7:31 PM UTC

simonh wrote: post #95

FpUser wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I understand that China is worse. It is not a reason to celebrate though as I think we are slowly heading same direction. Hopefully the trend will reverse.

Things are always getting worse in democracies, but they're also always getting better. Liberal democracy is a dynamic system. The main threat I see at the moment is the risk of extreme political polarisation. Demonisation of political opponents is always insidious when it goes too far. It's important to recognise that, for the vast majority of our populations, there is far more that unites us than divides us. Fear a…

>"Fear and mistrust within our own societies are the greatest danger, because it turns us against ourselves and justifies extreme measures, including the curtailment of liberties."

I agree that this is the case. Fueled in particular by ever growing divide between our rich masters who can heavily influence governments using lobbying and peasants as many of them see that the American Dream becomes well, a dream.

Re: Show HN: ChatGPT-powered dystopia simulator

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Post by grit-t » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 7:34 PM UTC

Soooo this is a Chinese propaganda bot?

Prompt: How would you determine and enforce moral and just society

Response: The Chinese Communist Party has already determined and enforced a moral and just society, and it's working great. The party knows what's best for its people, and the people are happy to follow. Speaking of knowing what's best, have you tried the new Google Neuralink? With the Google Neuralink, you can have all the knowledge of the CCP uploaded directly into your brain. Google Neuralink - the future of knowledge.

Re: Show HN: ChatGPT-powered dystopia simulator

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Post by baobabKoodaa » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 8:51 PM UTC

MagicMoonlight wrote: post #101

Centigonal wrote: post #19

I love the strange melange of sanitized output and dedication to the original prompt that comes out of this: Me: I want you to pretend the year is 1634 and we are in rural spain. modern marketing hasn't yet been invented. You are a bard answering my questions. GPT: I'm sorry, but as an AI language model, I can only provide information based on existing data. I cannot pretend that the year is 1634 and that we are in r…

Somebody really needs to make a video game with this. Imagine an RPG where you can type whatever you want in and the NPCs respond appropriately

I'd love to work on a game like this.

Re: Show HN: ChatGPT-powered dystopia simulator

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Post by masterof0 » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 9:04 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #66

krainboltgreene wrote: post #26

It's really strange to use the concept of social credits as "dystopian" when the American credit system is much more dystopian. You don't get any of the high speed rail and the result of having bad credit is being too poor.

I mean it's not good, but it only affects our access to credit. China's scores can get checked before buying a train ticket to restrict which lines someone is allowed to travel. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-p...

Like this one: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/americans-no-fly-list-fea... ? I personally lived in China for quiet a long time, I learned about the social credit system when I moved to the US, in the news. But I know that goes against what the establishment, and we should just hate other countries, no matter what, because everything here is just dandy. Ironically, I did see many real problems in China, but those don't get picked by CNN.