We remain alive also in a dead internet

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 10:50 PM UTC

yapyap wrote: post #20

lordnacho wrote: post #19

So I'm already joking with my friends (who tend to be physically distant, so I don't see them often) that we are just LLMs vicariously writing to each other. I've been talking to these friends for decades now, with digital records. I think someone already trained an LLM on their IM records. How many people do you suppose have two-way LLM substitutes that occasionally write to each other with articles from the news to…

Your finite life makes u special. Might as well be a beanplant otherwise.

Post by cuckmaxxed » Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 10:52 PM UTC

Post by Philpax » Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 10:55 PM UTC

giobox wrote: post #28

lordnacho wrote: post #19

So I'm already joking with my friends (who tend to be physically distant, so I don't see them often) that we are just LLMs vicariously writing to each other. I've been talking to these friends for decades now, with digital records. I think someone already trained an LLM on their IM records. How many people do you suppose have two-way LLM substitutes that occasionally write to each other with articles from the news to…

I'm already assuming we will see a creepy AI service emerge that will take the contents of a recently deceased person's cellphone and let you carry on texting them as if they were still alive, if it hasn't already (I haven't seen one yet). For many of us a cellphone has incredibly detailed records of who we were and how we spoke, going back decades now. I have already left a note in my will instructing that all my co…

Post by adamwong246 » Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 11:08 PM UTC

mise_en_place wrote: post #24

The counterpoint is that we must formalize the rights of sentient synthetic beings. The Emergency Medical Hologram gained sentience and was horrified to find his next version was relegated to cleaning ships as a glorified janitor. Whereas he developed his own hobbies, interests, hopes, dreams, and even romantic relationships in the Delta Quadrant.

Post by adamwong246 » Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 11:13 PM UTC

MrVandemar wrote: post #38

mise_en_place wrote: post #24

The counterpoint is that we must formalize the rights of sentient synthetic beings. The Emergency Medical Hologram gained sentience and was horrified to find his next version was relegated to cleaning ships as a glorified janitor. Whereas he developed his own hobbies, interests, hopes, dreams, and even romantic relationships in the Delta Quadrant.

It's just a machine. Being able to distinguish real life from a television show is important.