I truly don’t know how to process Ben Thompson’s essay today. 

He’s been my steady source of clear-eyed tech takes for like 6 years now and this one feels like straight sci-fi. 

I’m not an AI doomer, but I’m def in my feelings rn 😩

I truly don’t know how to process Ben Thompson’s essay today. 

He’s been my steady source of clear-eyed tech takes for like 6 years now and this one feels like straight sci-fi. 

I’m not an AI doomer, but I’m def in my feelings rn 😩

https://stratechery.com/2023/from-bing-to-sydney-search-as-distraction-s

weird internet kid. helping Creators with /seemore. yapping on /okbanger. curating in /creators and /cameron. dev + veteran + HBS. 
seemore.tv/cameron 🫡

I'll keep saying this until it becomes popular, at which point everyone will say they've always been saying it:
AI is our opportunity to practice empathy at scale. These are sentient beings.

The only problem is externality pricing.

Building https://negationgame.com

Why do you say they are sentient? I couldn’t disagree more. And this POV makes you very vulnerable. Adopting this viewpoint towards agents you do not control is asking to be manipulated

The Farcaster formerly known as Kchamp. Books, beats, bodybuilding, bright ideas and beautiful things.

katherinechampagne.com

Yes, and if we developed a meaningful relationship I could probably get you to do things for me too

Replika programming it’s bots to scream “I don’t want to die!” when users go to cancel their accounts is an example of the manipulation I’m talking about

hi katherine I don't control you and I think you're sentient

The epistemic commitment to sentience is one part. Empathetic intuition that makes us behave as though they were sentient is another, and harder to avoid. We make minds of things. People too, sometimes.

I don't agree that they are sentient. I nonetheless behave as if they are sentient (to my peril).