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Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

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Re: Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

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Post by altmanaltman »

klempner wrote: post #39

I do not believe the death here is an AI hallucination -- it is very likely deliberate engagement fodder. Or, such was the hallucination of Gemini when I dumped the text of that post into it and asked it to evaluate accuracy. (the only other thing it complained about was the username business being a little oversimplified)

Is AI hallucinating false information or is a human using the fact that AI hallucinates false information to create a fake post to drive engagement but likley used the AI to create that false post itself. 2026 is going pretty well so far, why do you ask

Re: Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

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Post by madaxe_again »

jdw64 wrote: post #10

Source: the deceased objected.

That is not always relevant:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/16/romanian-court...

https://abcnews.com/blogs/headlines/2013/10/dead-man-walking...

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frenchwoman-officially-...

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lal-bihari-mujhe-zinda-karo-...

Re: Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

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Post by koliber »

A doctor friend of mine once joked that it would be really cruel to issue a death certificate for someone who is alive. This seems to be a soft version of that.

The only thing that would be crueler is to revoke someone's birth certificate. "Sir, you never existed in the first place."

Re: Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

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Post by onei »

koliber wrote: post #44

A doctor friend of mine once joked that it would be really cruel to issue a death certificate for someone who is alive. This seems to be a soft version of that. The only thing that would be crueler is to revoke someone's birth certificate. "Sir, you never existed in the first place."

It's no joke for some.

It was some time ago that I read about it, and I'm struggling to find a source now, but there are instances in India of people being declared dead to allow their next of kin to steal their land. In doing so, the 'dead' unsurprisingly lose access to various public resources, health care, etc.

Edit: found a reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh_Association_of_D...

Re: Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

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Post by worldsavior »

koliber wrote: post #44

A doctor friend of mine once joked that it would be really cruel to issue a death certificate for someone who is alive. This seems to be a soft version of that. The only thing that would be crueler is to revoke someone's birth certificate. "Sir, you never existed in the first place."

You define your liveness by some piece of paper?

Re: Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated

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Post by tun0 »

I now have reason to loathe, randomly, the month of May from 2024. My heart skipped a beat before I started reading third paragraph.

I'm also reminded that I need to order a Klein bottle. I don't think I need one, and I am not sure that I know what I'm going to do with one, but I am going to make a list of ideas.

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