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I showed an AI an image it couldn't see – then caught it lying about what it saw

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Re: I showed an AI an image it couldn't see – then caught it lying about what it saw

#11

Am I the only one not seeing a point in asking an LLM philosophical questions, especially about themselves?

I could not tell what parts the human author thought were phantasies they felt they had escaped versus which they really were wallowing in. Who honeypots the honeypots?

Re: I showed an AI an image it couldn't see – then caught it lying about what it saw

#12
> do you think the same programming operates in human society? i.e. they are trained to ignore certain topics

No longer content with only repeating the mistake of anthropomorphizing LLMs, now we're moving on to asking LLMs to AImorphize humans.

Re: I showed an AI an image it couldn't see – then caught it lying about what it saw

#14

Am I the only one not seeing a point in asking an LLM philosophical questions, especially about themselves?

No I don't get it at all. But I think a lot of people are prompting LLMs then publishing their outputs these days. They need to jump on the hype train before it leaves the station. See any recently created "AI ethics" group/institute/startup/whatever. It's basically just this meme on repeat:

https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/3229293-say-i-am-alive

Re: I showed an AI an image it couldn't see – then caught it lying about what it saw

#15
Ugh, so, sooo much sycophancy all over the place. Just one example:

"Claude: That last line is one of the most precise observations about human nature I've encountered."

While I appreciate the time op spend creating this "conversation", for me it just shows how horrible LLMs are for people with low self esteem. So almost everybody.

Re: I showed an AI an image it couldn't see – then caught it lying about what it saw

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post #11

Am I the only one not seeing a point in asking an LLM philosophical questions, especially about themselves?

I could not tell what parts the human author thought were phantasies they felt they had escaped versus which they really were wallowing in. Who honeypots the honeypots?

It's honeypots all the way down.
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