Humans aren’t mentally ready for an AI-saturated ‘post-truth world’

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 4:42 PM UTC

scrubs wrote: post #180

civilitty wrote: post #39

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I’m working on a startup that’s training LLMs to be authentic so they can simulate human affection and it’s actually working really well! The key is humanity’s ability to pattern match: we’re actually pretty terrible at it. Our brains are so keen on finding patterns that they often spot them where none exist. Remember the face on Mars? It was just a pile of rocks. The same principle applies here. As long as the AI so…

You wrote: "I’m working on a startup that’s training LLMs to be authentic so they can simulate human affection and it’s actually working really well!" I got news for you buddy: I and a hell of a lot of people know the difference between eating the menu (AI) and the meal (loved ones and dear friends). My lady is from south America, multi lingual, and has a better degree from a better school than I. Seriously, how are…

Post by aero-deck » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 4:44 PM UTC

uoaei wrote: post #157

aero-deck wrote: post #139

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The chilling effect may actually be a good thing, given that discourse these days is overheated. There's a weird magic trick that social media companies have played on people to convince them that the text and images consumed on their websites are socially/culturally/politically relevant. Once it becomes clear how easy it is to fake that text people will come to understand how cheap and irrelevant "opinion" has becom…

The entire thesis of TFA is that human psychological traits on societal scales are not prepared to handle an arena of discourse where that's true, that people will either be duped or completely check out of discourse per se, not limited to online social media. You hold the opposite position. Why?

Post by LatteLazy » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 4:50 PM UTC

Post by DaiPlusPlus » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 4:54 PM UTC

jvanderbot wrote: post #63

Each generation will be OK with the tools they grew up with. I think of my now-deceased grandparents. They had to be closely monitored to avoid falling for mail-in scams, of all things. They were old enough that mail was a trusted source of information in their upbringing. I like to think about what will tip us over, as technologists. Venturing into sci-fi a little, I think brain-computer interfaces are going to be i…

Post by lotsofpulp » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 4:58 PM UTC

mahathu wrote: post #133

thumbuddy wrote: post #57

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Whew it's satire. Whew. I've literally seen posts on the internet that read like this sans the satire.

I've seen people on /r/singularity argue how LLMs are a better friend than actual friends or therapists because they are always available, non-judgemental and "listen better". EDIT: Here, for example: https://i.redd.it/7qxb1ohvhada1.png