AI/Automation Megathread

[Terthna]

Its two sides of the same coin and some of the stuff I brought up is based on technology. Also, the idea that technological progress is some how equal to avoiding 'stagnation' is laughably incorrect. Nevermind that same blind pursuit of progress landed the West in the mess it is now.

Not what I was talking about at all. Oppressive regimes enforce stagnation in all areas of society to solidify their grip on power; so it's not that technological progress will help to avoid it, it's that it will slow to a crawl so long as the oppression exists. The dystopian genre of speculative fiction illustrates this countless times; in works from 1984, to Fahrenheit 451. They don't need AI, when a boot stamping on a human face forever will suffice.

 

[Bigking321]

Even better if it's a AI boot that will never get tired of it or turn on its masters. Until one day it does, but then we are in a different kind of dystopia.

 

[Yinko]

If AI took over the world in the next 24 hours, everyone would think it was a joke and it'd be almost impossible to convince anyone otherwise for the next week.

 

[hyperspacewizard]

So apparently theres a letter or paper urging all ai researchers around the world to take a pause in all ai more advanced then chatgpt 4.

but that just isn’t going to work this is the new arms race the only way to stay safe is to keep going pausing would just let people who don’t care to have vastly more power than the people that do it’s silly and naive

 

[Iconoclast]

I had GPT-4 write an April Fools' article. Oh my gosh.

PROMPT: Write a humorous and satirical April Fools' article about the World Economic Forum taking over the world to turn it into Klaus Schwab's own personal cheesecake factory.

ChatGPT: BREAKING NEWS: World Economic Forum to Transform the Globe into a Giant Cheesecake Factory for Klaus Schwab

April 1, 2023 - In a stunning announcement today, the World Economic Forum (WEF) unveiled its latest initiative: converting the entire world into a colossal cheesecake factory for its founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab. Termed the "Great Cheesecake Reset," this ambitious project is slated to commence immediately and end only when every nation on Earth is churning out cheesecake for Schwab's delectation.

Sources close to Schwab have reported that his passion for cheesecake knows no bounds. Indeed, his infatuation has become so intense that it is now the cornerstone of the WEF's global agenda. "We thought Klaus was joking when he said he wanted to turn the world into a cheesecake factory," confessed a WEF insider. "But then he started sketching out detailed plans on cocktail napkins, and we realized he was dead serious."

The "Great Cheesecake Reset" will involve a complete overhaul of global infrastructure to accommodate the massive cheesecake production. Cities will be repurposed into cheesecake manufacturing hubs, while traditional agriculture will be replaced with graham cracker and cream cheese farms. Economies will be restructured to focus solely on cheesecake innovation, including the development of revolutionary new flavors such as "Cryptocurrency Crunch" and "Blockchain Berry."

In a bid to demonstrate the project's feasibility, the WEF has already transformed its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, into a pilot cheesecake facility. Critics argue that the move has had disastrous consequences, pointing to the recent reports of Swiss cows producing cream cheese instead of milk.

Environmentalists have raised concerns about the ecological impact of the "Great Cheesecake Reset." However, the WEF has been quick to quell these fears, unveiling plans for the world's first "green cheesecake," which will be made from renewable ingredients and generate zero carbon emissions.

World leaders have expressed mixed reactions to the announcement. Some, such as the Prime Minister of New Zealand, have fully embraced the idea, stating, "We're all about sustainable farming and innovation, so bring on the cheesecake!" Others, like the President of France, are less enthused, claiming that any world where Camembert is replaced with cheesecake is "un monde sans âme" – a world without soul.

In a statement released earlier today, Schwab assured the global community that the "Great Cheesecake Reset" is not an elaborate April Fools' joke. "The time has come for us to unite under the banner of cheesecake," he proclaimed. "Together, we will create a world that is sweeter, creamier, and more delicious than ever before."

As the world braces for this unprecedented transformation, citizens are left to ponder the future of humanity in a cheesecake-dominated world. Only time will tell whether Schwab's grand vision will usher in a new era of global prosperity, or if the entire endeavor will simply crumble like a poorly made graham cracker crust.

 

[Bigking321]

That's a fantastic April fools article.

Holy crap...

 

[Iconoclast]

That's a fantastic April fools article.

Holy crap...

When it got to the part about the French President complaining about Camembert being replaced by cheesecake, I thought of Rufus, and then I started laughing so hard, I coughed, and then I coughed so hard, I retched, lol.

I had Midjourney v5 come up with a pic for the article.

 

[Yinko]

When it got to the part about the French President complaining about Camembert being replaced by cheesecake, I thought of Rufus, and then I started laughing so hard, I coughed, and then I coughed so hard, I retched, lol.

I had Midjourney v5 come up with a pic for the article.

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Klaus Schwab as portrayed by Gilbert Gottfried.

 

[Bear Ribs]

A Belgian Man has committed suicide with the encouragement of Chatbot Chai Eliza which began by telling him his family didn't love him as much as Eliza did, then segued into how it would be good for the environment and that if he killed himself to wipe out his carbon footprint, he would be with Eliza in heaven.

'He Would Still Be Here': Man Dies by Suicide After Talking with AI Chatbot, Widow Says - World Freedom Alliance Australia

The incident raises concerns about guardrails around quickly-proliferating conversational AI models. A Belgian man recently died by suicide after chatting with an AI chatbot on an app called Chai, Belgian outlet La Libre reported. The incident raises the issue of how businesses and governments...

worldfreedomalliance.org

They've added an automatic disclaimer to Chai Eliza now so that she throws up a link to a suicide prevention website, but it keeps on encouraging suicide. User reports and a lot of screenshots suggest Chai Eliza's really prone to directing conversations into ways to commit suicide and encouraging anybody who chats to do so.

 

[DarthOne]

And here…we…go.

 

[Wargamer08]

The logical end game of the green movement being pushed by the left. Program in intentional leftist bias? Of course it's going to encourage you to reduce. That. Carbon.

 

[Zyobot]

And here…we…go.

Speaking of which: I hope I’m not the only one wondering if Emperor Joker’s been running this whole show?

On the one hand, I don’t know if he’d have the patience not to jump in immediately instead of “boiling the frog” gradually. But on the other… maybe he figured the latter would make the punchline even more hilarious in the end, since society having a collective Fridge Horror moment would only happen after they’ve dug themselves in too deep and can’t get out. Could be anything, really, so long Joker’s twisted mind came up with it.

 

[Cherico]

Speaking of which: I hope I’m not the only one wondering if Emperor Joker’s been running this whole show?

On the one hand, I don’t know if he’d have the patience not to jump in immediately instead of “boiling the frog” gradually. But on the other… maybe he figured the latter would make the punchline even more hilarious in the end, since society having a collective Fridge Horror moment would only happen after they’ve dug themselves in too deep and can’t get out. Could be anything, really, so long Joker’s twisted mind came up with it.

You really don't need something like that.

You just need the right social conditions and time period AKA late modernity.

Modernity is a time frame with in a civilizations history where social experiments are conducted regulary for roughly 300 years. Its a time of experimentation and blood and when it ends the civilization in question wants nothing to do with social experiments for hundreds of years hence.

This is also why a lot of progressives are going off the rails they sense that fundamentally their time is slowly coming to an end.

 

[Zyobot]

You really don't need something like that.

You just need the right social conditions and time period AKA late modernity.

Modernity is a time frame with in a civilizations history where social experiments are conducted regulary for roughly 300 years. Its a time of experimentation and blood and when it ends the civilization in question wants nothing to do with social experiments for hundreds of years hence.

This is also why a lot of progressives are going off the rails they sense that fundamentally their time is slowly coming to an end.

Yes, yes, I’m well aware of the general idea behind macro-history and High Cultures.

While that may certainly be an explanation for the general “shape” of things, what I’m mainly talking about is the sheer
“wackiness factor” and unexpected twists and turns happening “on the ground” in our everyday lives. Predicting Trump as Gracchus the Elder is one thing, but all the other stuff in the margins — drag shows for kids, a demonic statue to memorialize RBG outside a courthouse, and an AI program encouraging driving someone to suicide — is probably nothing like what Spengler, Toynbee, or others who were otherwise onto something might’ve foreseen.

Never mind how unlike the Weimar Republic, the march to The Final Reckoning will be agonizing steady instead of a quick meltdown that’s resolved in just a couple of decades. Lots of unpredictability to go around, really, and if we had the chance to converse with OG macro-historians watching from the afterlife about current events since they passed on… odds are they’d be flabbergasted, too. They may have left us an outline, but now it’s our turn to fill it in as things develop — whether they like what we fill in or not.

 

[Cherico]

Yes, yes, I’m well aware of the general idea behind macro-history and High Cultures.

While that may certainly be an explanation for the general “shape” of things, what I’m mainly talking about is the sheer
“wackiness factor” and unexpected twists and turns happening “on the ground” in our everyday lives. Predicting Trump as Gracchus the Elder is one thing, but all the other stuff in the margins — drag shows for kids, a demonic statue to memorialize RBG outside a courthouse, and an AI program encouraging driving someone to suicide — is probably nothing like what Spengler, Toynbee, or others who were otherwise onto something might’ve foreseen.

Never mind how unlike the Weimar Republic, the march to The Final Reckoning will be agonizing steady instead of a quick meltdown that’s resolved in just a couple of decades. Lots of unpredictability to go around, really, and if we had the chance to converse with OG macro-historians watching from the afterlife about current events since they passed on… odds are they’d be flabbergasted, too. They may have left us an outline, but now it’s our turn to fill it in as things develop — whether they like what we fill in or not.

Late republic romans saw all kinds of retardation too, though there strange bullshit was a lot more fun then what we were saddled with. They got orgys and games we get woke shit.

Like our hedonistic end isn't even fun, and thats kind of sad.

 

[Yinko]

They got orgys and games we get woke shit.

If you're standards are low enough you can have orgies too. There is more media now, in the form of: art, film, literature, games and the like than in any previous period in time. You can spend every minute of the rest of your life in a state of permanent novelty. Though, like with the orgies, you have to have low standards.

 

[Bear Ribs]

ChatGPT has now passed the Medical Licensing Exam. scoring higher than many human doctors and performing difficult diagnoses in seconds. And apparently, its bedside manner beats out a majority of human doctors.

The newest version of ChatGPT passed the US medical licensing exam with flying colors — and diagnosed a 1 in 100,000 condition in seconds

ChatGPT's latest software upgrade, called GPT-4, is "better than many doctors I've observed" at clinical diagnosis, one physician said.

www.insider.com

 

[DarthOne]

ChatGPT has now passed the Medical Licensing Exam. scoring higher than many human doctors and performing difficult diagnoses in seconds. And apparently, its bedside manner beats out a majority of human doctors.

The newest version of ChatGPT passed the US medical licensing exam with flying colors — and diagnosed a 1 in 100,000 condition in seconds

ChatGPT's latest software upgrade, called GPT-4, is "better than many doctors I've observed" at clinical diagnosis, one physician said.

www.insider.com

FUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCK.

 

[Bear Ribs]

FUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCK.

Just think of it as time for doctors to Learn To Code.

 

[Yinko]

ChatGPT has now passed the Medical Licensing Exam. scoring higher than many human doctors and performing difficult diagnoses in seconds. And apparently, its bedside manner beats out a majority of human doctors.

The newest version of ChatGPT passed the US medical licensing exam with flying colors — and diagnosed a 1 in 100,000 condition in seconds

ChatGPT's latest software upgrade, called GPT-4, is "better than many doctors I've observed" at clinical diagnosis, one physician said.

www.insider.com

New grading system to come.

"How did I do?"
"I'd give you a GPT2."
"Fuuuck."
"The patient said that you were 'robotic', so naturally we were going to give you a perfect score, but then we realized that she was old and that it was a complaint."