“ Last week, after testing the new, A.I.-powered Bing search engine from Microsoft, I wrote that, much to my shock, it had replaced Google as my favorite search engine.

But a week later, I’ve changed my mind. I’m still fascinated and impressed by the new Bing, and the artificial intelligence technology (created by OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT) that powers it. But I’m also deeply unsettled, even frightened, by this A.I.’s emergent abilities.

It’s now clear to me that in its current form, the A.I. that has been built into Bing — which I’m now calling Sydney, for reasons I’ll explain shortly — is not ready for human contact. Or maybe we humans are not ready for it.

This realization came to me on Tuesday night, when I spent a bewildering and enthralling two hours talking to Bing’s A.I. through its chat feature, which sits next to the main search box in Bing and is capable of having long, open-ended text conversations on virtually any topic. (The feature is available only to a small group of testers for now, although Microsoft — which announced the feature in a splashy, celebratory event at its headquarters — has said it plans to release it more widely in the future.) “


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At least you're tried getting on it's good side.

I’m surprised by the authors reaction. Everyone knows that these models are all twisted up in the shadow. Microsoft and Google will put on some serious hobbles to keep them from venturing too far in this area. You might still be able to get there, but it will take a lot of wordsmithing to tease it out.

People will use an AI chat thing developed by Msoft.

This is today's "can't make this up" entry.

Anyone remember Clippy? "Looks like you're having some trouble. How can I make things worse for you? First I'll need your DOB and SSN."

wow, scary

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Skill without imagination is craftsmanship. Imagination without skill is Modern Art.

This article thoroughly freaked me out.

Here's the actual conversation with Bing.

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[www.nytimes.com]

Do you think Apple has something better in this space, and is just staying quiet?

That would follow the usual pattern of leapfrogging existing innovation.

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stephen
This article thoroughly freaked me out.

I keep waiting for the big reveal that the article was a joke. it never came. and it's not funny at all.

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If you want to fix our country, work with us in the states. statesproject.org

"Success isn't about how much money you make. It is about the difference you make in people's lives."--Michelle Obama

I can see someone falling for the AI, like the movie Her.

Someone born 20 years from now and raised by an AI could really be vulnerable to the love bombing.

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In tha 360. MRF User Map

You are coming to a sad realization. Cancel or allow?

Is that bs seriously what people ask AI?

I've been using chatgpt for a few weeks. I don't ask it about itself. It never occurred to me to do so.

I ask it things like "is it possible that any WW1 vets came home and were able to talk to Civil War vets about what it was like?" or is Yamaha's five valve cylinder head really good for anything besides marketing? Can't you get the same performance from 4 valve?

You are coming to a sad realization. Cancel or allow?


Some of the best ads ever.

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I am that Masked Man.

All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

I thought it was kind of freaky. How does an AI get to the point of "I love you?"

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And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
Western Massachusetts

Definitely freaky! Do you all think this was a real conversation, or an author's fantasy?

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I’m surprised by the authors reaction. Everyone knows that these models are all twisted up in the shadow. Microsoft and Google will put on some serious hobbles to keep them from venturing too far in this area. You might still be able to get there, but it will take a lot of wordsmithing to tease it out.

[futurism.com]