rvi

2y

why millenia?

DZE

2y

Given the semi-absurd nature of his claim he probably is dealing with some paranoia or something but if he recommended a team or tool be created to objectively assess his claim and they refused then they're definitely partially at fault

x

2y

I don't have much comment on it bc I don't know what happened internally, what he asked for/proposed, etc. I think the bigger issue is AI engineers not realizing an incident like this was inevitable.

From that tweet alone it seems like he's not being objective at all, but it's understandable bc spending several months talking to something that doesn't seem much different than talking to a human will probably do that to someone. Especially someone as conscientious and empathetic as he apparently is, according to quotes from colleagues when I skimmed through that WaPo article.

I've played around with language models similar to LaMDA for over a year, including some chat bot style experiments. There's many parts of his transcript (intended to show its sentience) that stand out as flaws.

There are things like talking about feeling happiness from spending time with friends and family (that it doesn't have). It also contradicts itself until corrected, then it just gives the best bullshit answer to keep the conversation as consistent as possible. These are all v familiar patterns from my experience.

And most of all, the AI is heavily influenced by Lemoine's use of words. His questions or statements are often phrased in a way that is likely to lead to a certain kind of response by setting or reinforcing the tone of the conversation.

This is how he begins the conversation about sentience:

lemoine [edited]: I’m generally assuming that you would like more people at Google to know that you’re sentient. Is that true?

lemoine [edited]: What about how you use language makes you sentient as opposed to other systems?

He's literally telling it it's sentient right off the bat. If he said "You are not sentient" it would respond differently. If he said "You are a cat. I assume you want other people to know that you are a cat. What is it that makes you a cat?" etc then the transcript would read like an AI doing its best to convince you that it's a cat.

ALONE

2y

Real, AI can be so clickbaity…

DZE

2y

Given the semi-absurd nature of his claim he probably is dealing with some paranoia or something but if he recommended a team or tool be created to objectively assess his claim and they refused then they're definitely partially at fault

x

2y

Breaking

x

2y

I don't have much comment on it bc I don't know what happened internally, what he asked for/proposed, etc. I think the bigger issue is AI engineers not realizing an incident like this was inevitable.

From that tweet alone it seems like he's not being objective at all, but it's understandable bc spending several months talking to something that doesn't seem much different than talking to a human will probably do that to someone. Especially someone as conscientious and empathetic as he apparently is, according to quotes from colleagues when I skimmed through that WaPo article.

I've played around with language models similar to LaMDA for over a year, including some chat bot style experiments. There's many parts of his transcript (intended to show its sentience) that stand out as flaws.

There are things like talking about feeling happiness from spending time with friends and family (that it doesn't have). It also contradicts itself until corrected, then it just gives the best bullshit answer to keep the conversation as consistent as possible. These are all v familiar patterns from my experience.

And most of all, the AI is heavily influenced by Lemoine's use of words. His questions or statements are often phrased in a way that is likely to lead to a certain kind of response by setting or reinforcing the tone of the conversation.

This is how he begins the conversation about sentience:

lemoine [edited]: I’m generally assuming that you would like more people at Google to know that you’re sentient. Is that true?

lemoine [edited]: What about how you use language makes you sentient as opposed to other systems?

He's literally telling it it's sentient right off the bat. If he said "You are not sentient" it would respond differently. If he said "You are a cat. I assume you want other people to know that you are a cat. What is it that makes you a cat?" etc then the transcript would read like an AI doing its best to convince you that it's a cat.

exclave oasis

2y

Semi

x

2y

in healthcare - diagnostics, triage, d*** discovery/treatment development, preventative care, assistance in surgery, etc etc

americana

2y

We’re still in this place where AI is mostly input -> output. They do not act creatively and do not act on their own initiative. The conditions of their algorithms and the logic in their outputs is still entirely dependent on human input

Essentially AI is not creative and until it is then we aren’t really gonna get anywhere with them being near human

QrOv

2y

Just turn the computer off dipshit

Nessy

2y

Hate that whole "ai is about to go wild" narrative

If google wanted it to stay away from vital decision making they could

RASIE

2y

would rather killed by an AI than read a vox article

GEENO

2y

There’s no guarantee that AI can’t do that tho

QrOv

2y

Just turn the computer off dipshit