[Meh vs. The Machine] Debate the Future of Humanity Here
3Welcome to your dayish-long pinned thread where you can discuss the wonderful/horrible effects AI will bring to us all. Also watch for @jouest in the product threads, where he may be defending his honor as the human writer for half of today’s write-ups.
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LOL
we know better
@jouest is not human
@Cerridwyn rude
@jouest I never said you were ai. I just said you weren’t human
@Cerridwyn @jouest Cat.

@Cerridwyn @jouest @narfcake
Hey Siri, please turn off the robot killer cat-bots around my house. I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.
@jouest Here’s a test in case you are not sure:
https://uquiz.com/quiz/RxQ60Z/are-you-human
@jouest @rockblossom I don’t get it
I’m 34% human, but the test indicates I’m a ghost (of my favorite animal: 27%). I’m also 22% vampire and 15% werewolf (so 2% robot?)
@pakopako No. 34% of test-takers get a result that says they are human, 27% are ghosts, etc. The unknown 2% of test-takers may or may not be robots.
I am Ghost, always Ghost. I can fake the answers by checking ones I would never really choose, and get a result that says I am Human. So, I am not human and don’t much like human stuff. That’s accurate.
@pakopako @rockblossom I was up in the early morning (not the best idea) and a TV program was on about ghost culture of Savannah GA. I also remember the city had some voodoo stuff but not as much as New Orleans. It is a beautiful city to visit. Also made famous by Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. you might like it so much you will leave your soul there. Perhaps not voluntarily.
@pmarin I read the book MitGoGaE before the movie came out, and was not surprised to find that people thought the movie was fiction.
@pmarin @rockblossom TIL! Now I want to read the book. I loved the movie. I found this interesting bit about that photo of the bird girl:
https://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2018/6/28/midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil-the-story-of-the-bird-girl
/8ball is @jouest a robot?
Without a doubt
That was first try so it’s probably correct. Right?
@Kidsandliz yo ask /8ball if /8ball is a robot!
OK…
/8ball is 8ball a robot?
Without a doubt
@jouest there you go. Did it.
Are the two of you robot siblings? Two chips off the same CPU? (snicker).
FAI.
@werehatrack F…A…I
@jouest @werehatrack F- AI
https://sproutsschools.com/bonhoeffers-theory-of-stupidity/
AI is a tool that requires tight control and a backstop. Otherwise, we might allow it to help us collegially and confidently make catastrophic mistakes that literally lead to annihilation. Think something on the order of the Hubble mistake applied to the Large Hadron Collider and an attempt to create a stable singularity with inaccurate measurements creates a Gamma knife that slices the Earth in two. I would rather have cheap dog toys and treats, non-sentient, non-heuristic AI.
@mehclain my kids have a bunch of prescription meds so I had like 20 bottles to inventory. I took a picture and asked ChatGPT to make me a spreadsheet with all the kid names, drug names, and dosage instructions.
all looked good at a glance until I got to three or four meds for Dave. there is no Dave. it couldn’t make out the names the way I had the bottle turned so it just made something up. then realized it did the same thing with a couple of drug names and dosages.
is…troubling.
@jouest @mehclain it’s probably operating at 80% efficiency which maximizes profit and some will be allocated to the team of lawyers defending from malpractice lawsuits.
@jouest @mehclain Terrifying!
@jouest @mehclain @dave huh
told ya
/showme gamma knife slicing the earth that is full of dog toys
Thank youuuuu!