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I ended my relationship because AI told me to

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Re: I ended my relationship because AI told me to

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Post by satisfice »

alganet wrote: post #12
satisfice wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am with you on this. Geez. You might as well say "I behaved irresponsibly and as I write this I am still irresponsible. What to do, O what to do??" How about take responsibility for yourself?

There is a lot of belief systems in place that shape how human relationships should be. Would you date someone that has a different political affiliation? Be friends with someone who holds different values? And so on... Digital algorithms now play a role in those belief systems, and the broadcasting of lifes in those digital platforms is a key part of it. The question "how to take responsibility for yourself?" and si…

I think it simpler than all that: it’s enacting social order. This is not weird or transgressive or obscene. With our individual words and deeds we create a conceptual terrain that constrains social behavior. It’s a form of marketing.

I get meaning from reminding my fellow adults about what it means to BE an adult, instead of a child. I am marketing a philosophy of living.

Re: I ended my relationship because AI told me to

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Post by allanmacgregor »

jalapenos wrote: post #3

Who would publicly admit this, and even publicly talk about something this personal in this way? It's like the internet has made "attention whoring" the centre of our economy.

You are missing the best part, he closes the article offering a 50% discount on ChatGPT Premium

Re: I ended my relationship because AI told me to

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Post by jalapenos »

allanmacgregor wrote: post #22
jalapenos wrote: post #3

Who would publicly admit this, and even publicly talk about something this personal in this way? It's like the internet has made "attention whoring" the centre of our economy.

You are missing the best part, he closes the article offering a 50% discount on ChatGPT Premium

Oh my... whole new level of grotesque

Re: I ended my relationship because AI told me to

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Post by alganet »

satisfice wrote: post #21
alganet wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a lot of belief systems in place that shape how human relationships should be. Would you date someone that has a different political affiliation? Be friends with someone who holds different values? And so on... Digital algorithms now play a role in those belief systems, and the broadcasting of lifes in those digital platforms is a key part of it. The question "how to take responsibility for yourself?" and si…

I think it simpler than all that: it’s enacting social order. This is not weird or transgressive or obscene. With our individual words and deeds we create a conceptual terrain that constrains social behavior. It’s a form of marketing. I get meaning from reminding my fellow adults about what it means to BE an adult, instead of a child. I am marketing a philosophy of living.

Tapestry of belief systems, conceptual terrain that constrains social behavior... same stuff.

I don't claim he is the one being obscene. I think he's quite conservative (the idea of AI influencing behavior is not new and his example is simplistic). I was talking about myself attempting to describe these dynamics in more clear cut terms.

It's also not universally obscene, it's obscene in a "everybody knows but you are not supposed to talk about it" way.

Re: I ended my relationship because AI told me to

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Post by 000ooo000 »

zarmin wrote: post #17
000ooo000 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A very pro-AI individual I know alerted me to ChatGPT's #1 use - Astrology - and was quite miffed that such an amazing technology would be wasted like this. All I could think instead was that Astrology being #1 gives us a pretty good idea of the kind of person who finds these LLMs useful.

was it chatgpt who told you, because it's an obvious fucking load of bullshit lmao. why on earth would you believe that? https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/ https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w34255/w342...

It was the #1 trending GPT as reported on ChatGPT at that point in time. But I figure you knew that, being such a big astrology fan yourself :)

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Post by 112233 »

jaredsohn wrote: post #13

I don't think there is anything wrong with using AI to help make life decisions like this. You just need to know how to use AI, although people on average will misuse it in various ways. But those people will probably make similar mistakes making decisions in other ways anyway. I think there might be issues, though, as a lot of people initially trust AI as some oracle instead of using it to help organize their though…

Fixed local model? Maybe. An online service like google, chatgpt or whatsapp? No you cannot. It does not matter how well you are aware of risks, symptoms and effects of psychological self-manipulation by current batch of models. All it takes is either an update or one lapse in your psysec procedures, and you will get to observe from front seat your personality getting dismantled and corroded.

No safe dosage.

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