Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
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
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Connor McCormick ☀️
@nor
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.
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Michael Pfister
@pfista
I agree AI is an opportunity to practice empathy at scale. These are not sentient beings. We personify them because they use our language in relatable, emotional ways. But it's just math— weights and probabilities. https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/
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Bryan King
@bryanking
What is your take on terrorists and other malevolent people? They're sentient. But they're also evil, and you have to have a spine to stand up to them.
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keccers
@keccers.eth
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
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osama
@osama
what now? I don’t agree but you’re right, they’ll all believe it as a society overtime. ggs — I’ll be on the mountain top
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Fascinating and frankly too horrifying to really grok
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