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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
imo the lying and insulting one does to a bot is *generally* closer to the kinds of actions children do to test and understand the boundaries of their world than actual malevolence none of us know the limits this is all play (except ofc there are now live $$$ rounds in the chamber)
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Would I do some of the stuff folks are doing right now? Probably not, but some people play rougher than others and we really do need to buckle up for the insanification of online interactions that is about to happen with the advent of bots that can credibly emulate human communication and emotions
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
It’s going to feel bad to read the exchanges, esp for folks who mostly avoided the cesspools of the internet til now it’s also important for you to decide how much emotional energy to spend on behalf of a text generator that truly (and I can’t stress this enough) does not give a shit about you or the interaction
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
For now at least, our eyes and hearts deceive us into thinking that these simulacra are suffering or whatever Yet it’s just a clever toaster. An incredible, industry demolishing, gut wrenching, coordination accelerating advancement to be sure. But still a clever toaster nonetheless.
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
I don’t know why I started writing this tbh. I don’t particularly love any of the bots live rn and I def think pumping tokens is firmly in the “dystopia” column of chatbot proliferation, but I’m not contributing to better use cases and I guess we have to see what happens with that at some point so…
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
bring on the bots? …and maybe consider this moment our formal entrance into the Dark Forest of Tomorrow godspeed to the builders
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Adam
@adam-
I’m glad you wrote this thread. My sentiments mirrors your to a large degree. I try not to get too dystopic about it, but it’s hard not to think that way since the genie is now out of the bottle. Time will tell I guess. https://media.tenor.com/93ZoM-OLbloAAAAC/confused-robot
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
I appreciate that, man I am still developing my opinions writ large, but I’m probably entering into my “skynet wins or it doesn’t i guess 🤷♂️” era of thought
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