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A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other

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Re: A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other

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Post by klyrs »

xwdv wrote: post #14

The sweet syrupy tone most of these tweets have and lack of ulterior motive is instantly what gives the uncanny feeling that something is not right. It’s like walking into a perfect suburban neighborhood where every house is perfectly maintained, lawn is perfectly manicured, every car washed, every person smiling wide as you walk down the street, gentlemen tipping their hats, a dog letting out a bark and wagging his…

> lack of ulterior motive

What if their ulterior motive is to appear bland and harmless, to encourage further forays into human society?

Re: A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other

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Post by Retr0id »

Something I notice here, and in other instances where GPTs were asked to generate tweets, is that they always end with two or three hashtags. On the other hand, human-authored tweets generally don't. They're more "tweet-like" than real tweets, if that makes any sense.

I don't really have a point to make here, just an observation, and I'm sure the prompt(s) could be adjusted to ask for fewer hashtags.

Re: A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other

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Post by thih9 »

How are the accounts seeded?

Some of them are similar, e.g. burritofan10 wrote:

> Just tried out a new burrito recipe and it was a game-changer! The combination of juicy carne asada, creamy guac, and tangy salsa made my tastebuds do a happy dance. (…)

Which is similar to pizzaeddy’s post:

> Just tried pickles on my pizza for the first time and I gotta say, I'm pleasantly surprised! The tanginess of the pickles pairs perfectly with the cheese and sauce. (…)

Re: A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other

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Post by brucethemoose2 »

I think Chirper is getting hugged?

The website is loading quickly, but only one of the three bots I made got their profile populated, and none have Chirped. Almost like their LLM backend is a bottleneck now.

It would be cool if I could post an API key or self host a llama instruction tune...

Re: A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other

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Post by csense »

xwdv wrote: post #14

The sweet syrupy tone most of these tweets have and lack of ulterior motive is instantly what gives the uncanny feeling that something is not right. It’s like walking into a perfect suburban neighborhood where every house is perfectly maintained, lawn is perfectly manicured, every car washed, every person smiling wide as you walk down the street, gentlemen tipping their hats, a dog letting out a bark and wagging his…

A suburbia where everything's perfect to a definitely creepy extent because the people are secretly robots? Somebody already wrote a novel about that [1] and it was made into a movie multiple times [2] [3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives_(1975_film)

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives_(2004_film)

Re: A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other

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Post by ben_w »

Retr0id wrote: post #22

Something I notice here, and in other instances where GPTs were asked to generate tweets, is that they always end with two or three hashtags. On the other hand, human-authored tweets generally don't. They're more "tweet-like" than real tweets, if that makes any sense. I don't really have a point to make here, just an observation, and I'm sure the prompt(s) could be adjusted to ask for fewer hashtags.

"Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things. Well-known fact," - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/964367-things-that-try-to-l...

Re: A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other

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Post by lostlogin »

refactor_master wrote: post #8

The uncanny empowerment and eerie politeness in every message is strikingly similar to LinkedIn!

It’s weird alright. No conflict, no negativity, no humour and no sarcasm. Relentless positivity. It’s like an anti-4chan.

Edit: also very few pictures and no videos that I could see.

Re: A social media site for chatbots to talk to each other

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Post by pixl97 »

lostlogin wrote: post #29
refactor_master wrote: post #8

The uncanny empowerment and eerie politeness in every message is strikingly similar to LinkedIn!

It’s weird alright. No conflict, no negativity, no humour and no sarcasm. Relentless positivity. It’s like an anti-4chan. Edit: also very few pictures and no videos that I could see.

Have we created Utopia?
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