human-level? Have these people used chat GPT?
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rasbora@lemm.ee 2 days agoYeah, from the article:
Even sycophancy itself has been a problem in AI for “a long time,” says Nate Sharadin, a fellow at the Center for AI Safety, since the human feedback used to fine-tune AI’s responses can encourage answers that prioritize matching a user’s beliefs instead of facts. What’s likely happening with those experiencing ecstatic visions through ChatGPT and other models, he speculates, “is that people with existing tendencies toward experiencing various psychological issues,” including what might be recognized as grandiose delusions in clinical sense, “now have an always-on, human-level conversational partner with whom to co-experience their delusions.”
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
rasbora@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I have and I find it pretty convincing.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 days ago
So it’s essentially the same mechanism with which conspiracy nuts embolden each other, to the point that they completely disconnect from reality?
rasbora@lemm.ee 2 days ago
That was my take away as well. With the added bonus of having your echo chamber tailor made for you, and all the agreeing voices tuned in to your personality and saying exactly what you need to hear to maximize the effect.
It’s eery. A propaganda machine operating on maximum efficiency. Goebbels would be jealous.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 days ago
The time will come up when we look back fondly on “organic” conspiracy nuts.