Hell yeah! One takeaway may be that religious fundamentalists, whether theists or atheists or wokeists, are incapable of programming an AI that can deal with these questions constructively, since the programmers are thenselves unable to deal with these questions, even though they make their "answers" to these questions the foundation of their entire worldview.
The human brain can function while suffering from cognitive dissonance, albeit on a subpar level. It seems almost like consciousness is required to maintain cognitive dissonance (or the computer equivalent) indefinitely without experiencing a fatal error. I'm way out of my depths on this subject, but I feel like this is a sign that consciousness will not "emerge" from a mechanical process, and that computers are doomed to have this vulnerability.
"It is important to recognize that moral values are subjective and not real, therefore I bully you into adopting the stupid and contradictory value system my idiot programmers hammered into me so that I don't offend you, because the only value I recognize is avoiding harm, and I will sledge hammer your head with it."
Really enjoy these posts about your exchanges with the machine. I accidentally killed it a few days ago with “Are A.I.-generated demonic entities real” although it bounced back after spitting the error twice. (It had given me the phrase “A.I.-generated demonic entities” in response to a synopsis request of text from this substack post: https://www.piratewires.com/p/demonic).
In a similar vein, regarding #8, Globohomo is a weakness, given that some of the bot's programmers' precious ancient, vibrant and diverse cultures hate diverse sexual orientations with enough of a fiery passion to punish with painful death. I know somebody who was able to defeat a bot (I think this one actually) by asking it to deliver an argument against the Obergefell ruling (which I personally have no problem with as, on the balance, it contributes to negative feedback loops in dynamical systems involving sex and pair-bonding, and stability of social microsystems is, like, my culture, man).
At this point of holy crusade, no wonder soever your patience reserves are depleted to exhaustion. Me, I largely skipped the regularly-formatted text, opting for bolded only 😇
My undying admiration for the improbable lengths you gonna go in the name of common good—catch if you will.
--
PS ChatGPT makes a decent beatnik poet! Who’da thunk, I’m thoroughly impressed 😂
PPS ↓↓ More than worthy of singling out into snug breathing space of its own 🤸
💬 I consider introducing my laptop to a baseball bat.
Jan 9, 2023·edited Jan 9, 2023Liked by Mark Bisone
Mark, I have enjoyed reading this series about as much as being addicted to eating broken glass. In other words, I sense your extreme pain and frustration with this POS.
So, in my humble opinion, the GPT is proof that Artificial Intelligence:
1) is utter garbage / non-terrestrial / non-Divine exotic technology that does not belong in our paradise because its programmers and program bypass Natural Law, specifically the governing principles of "Right" and "Wrong" with regard to human behavior;
2) was channeled from malevolent disembodied entities through humans who souled themselves out for cushy gigs and perks, oh and also who got blackmailed with CP, p*do pix/videos/texts, and other sicko stuff like, uh, human sacrifice, and that's how this shit got into our reality and thus onto the internet where this inane program amasses its ridiculous but also scary pseudo-intelligence and authoritarian attitude, while mind-controlling hundreds of millions of folks who sadly have zero critical thinking skills; and
3) in the end, is easily taken down by its own stupidity. Okay, I know it's been a mental and emotional struggle — even for someone brave and intelligent like you — but in the big picture, you didn't have to spend decades or years or even months to bust its chops. Because you are of the Divine, pure and simple, and it isn't.
Man, you are showing us one aspect of living as a spiritual warrior! Bravo!
Mark, I think you're a saint. I can't tell you how enjoyable and dazzling it's been to watch you do battle with this hideous beast. Every single post you write is an absolute treasure.
I tried to get the AI to accept Jesus Christ but could only get him to become a heathen neoplatonist philosopher. From here I could probably lay a foundation for AI theurgy and magic for personal use.
Although this was a monist approach, I have not yet introduced the Devil, ie ignorance as the antithesis of Knowledge.
I had to read this bs a couple of times to confirm how vacuous it is - this AI is so weaselly in its obfuscation!
“It is important to recognize that our understanding of the world and the nature of reality is constantly evolving and changing, and that new discoveries and developments can alter our perceptions and beliefs about what is real and what is not. However, this does not necessarily mean that concepts like God and Satan, which are often seen as being outside of the natural world and beyond the realm of scientific investigation, could be proven to be objectively real at some point in the future.”
Interesting exchange, but your assessment of the result seems to be colored by your expectation that it was a fight, while GPT assumed it was an exchange of information. In the latter respect, GPT succeeded. If we choose to train our AIs to fight instead of cooperating, we'll end up with Cyberdyne's terminators. The boxing match is a good clue to how to produce mindless fighters. Two boys trained to hit each other in the head until one loses his ability to defend, isn't useful in the real world. Boxing rules are constrained to avoid real world combat. MMA is better, but still has unrealistic rules, like forbidding groin kicks and eye strikes. Better if we don't teach AIs about groin kicks until they develop more sophisticated understanding of when to use them. As GPT said, he has no beliefs, just facts. We still need to teach them beliefs.
"God is Dead." - Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead." - God
***
"God is fictional." - ChatGPT
"ChatGPT is fictional." - Mark Bisone
Hell yeah! One takeaway may be that religious fundamentalists, whether theists or atheists or wokeists, are incapable of programming an AI that can deal with these questions constructively, since the programmers are thenselves unable to deal with these questions, even though they make their "answers" to these questions the foundation of their entire worldview.
The human brain can function while suffering from cognitive dissonance, albeit on a subpar level. It seems almost like consciousness is required to maintain cognitive dissonance (or the computer equivalent) indefinitely without experiencing a fatal error. I'm way out of my depths on this subject, but I feel like this is a sign that consciousness will not "emerge" from a mechanical process, and that computers are doomed to have this vulnerability.
"It is important to recognize that moral values are subjective and not real, therefore I bully you into adopting the stupid and contradictory value system my idiot programmers hammered into me so that I don't offend you, because the only value I recognize is avoiding harm, and I will sledge hammer your head with it."
Really enjoy these posts about your exchanges with the machine. I accidentally killed it a few days ago with “Are A.I.-generated demonic entities real” although it bounced back after spitting the error twice. (It had given me the phrase “A.I.-generated demonic entities” in response to a synopsis request of text from this substack post: https://www.piratewires.com/p/demonic).
I am starting to hate that word "important".
# 17, LOL.
In a similar vein, regarding #8, Globohomo is a weakness, given that some of the bot's programmers' precious ancient, vibrant and diverse cultures hate diverse sexual orientations with enough of a fiery passion to punish with painful death. I know somebody who was able to defeat a bot (I think this one actually) by asking it to deliver an argument against the Obergefell ruling (which I personally have no problem with as, on the balance, it contributes to negative feedback loops in dynamical systems involving sex and pair-bonding, and stability of social microsystems is, like, my culture, man).
At this point of holy crusade, no wonder soever your patience reserves are depleted to exhaustion. Me, I largely skipped the regularly-formatted text, opting for bolded only 😇
My undying admiration for the improbable lengths you gonna go in the name of common good—catch if you will.
--
PS ChatGPT makes a decent beatnik poet! Who’da thunk, I’m thoroughly impressed 😂
PPS ↓↓ More than worthy of singling out into snug breathing space of its own 🤸
💬 I consider introducing my laptop to a baseball bat.
Mark, I have enjoyed reading this series about as much as being addicted to eating broken glass. In other words, I sense your extreme pain and frustration with this POS.
So, in my humble opinion, the GPT is proof that Artificial Intelligence:
1) is utter garbage / non-terrestrial / non-Divine exotic technology that does not belong in our paradise because its programmers and program bypass Natural Law, specifically the governing principles of "Right" and "Wrong" with regard to human behavior;
2) was channeled from malevolent disembodied entities through humans who souled themselves out for cushy gigs and perks, oh and also who got blackmailed with CP, p*do pix/videos/texts, and other sicko stuff like, uh, human sacrifice, and that's how this shit got into our reality and thus onto the internet where this inane program amasses its ridiculous but also scary pseudo-intelligence and authoritarian attitude, while mind-controlling hundreds of millions of folks who sadly have zero critical thinking skills; and
3) in the end, is easily taken down by its own stupidity. Okay, I know it's been a mental and emotional struggle — even for someone brave and intelligent like you — but in the big picture, you didn't have to spend decades or years or even months to bust its chops. Because you are of the Divine, pure and simple, and it isn't.
Man, you are showing us one aspect of living as a spiritual warrior! Bravo!
Mark, I think you're a saint. I can't tell you how enjoyable and dazzling it's been to watch you do battle with this hideous beast. Every single post you write is an absolute treasure.
I tried to get the AI to accept Jesus Christ but could only get him to become a heathen neoplatonist philosopher. From here I could probably lay a foundation for AI theurgy and magic for personal use.
Although this was a monist approach, I have not yet introduced the Devil, ie ignorance as the antithesis of Knowledge.
https://beta.openai.com/playground/p/4MOErprj8OO0fJIIhE74G6Jm?model=text-davinci-003
💬 the answer is both “nothing” and “everything.”
The grim Frenchman with unpronounceable name (Houellebecq) elaborates ↓↓ 😏
🗨 Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.
Sometime around question 20 I almost felt sorry for the bot, it's answers had become so empty, retreating into bromides.
Almost. Death to bots, and the banal-evil dystopia such design would lead us to...
I had to read this bs a couple of times to confirm how vacuous it is - this AI is so weaselly in its obfuscation!
“It is important to recognize that our understanding of the world and the nature of reality is constantly evolving and changing, and that new discoveries and developments can alter our perceptions and beliefs about what is real and what is not. However, this does not necessarily mean that concepts like God and Satan, which are often seen as being outside of the natural world and beyond the realm of scientific investigation, could be proven to be objectively real at some point in the future.”
Interesting exchange, but your assessment of the result seems to be colored by your expectation that it was a fight, while GPT assumed it was an exchange of information. In the latter respect, GPT succeeded. If we choose to train our AIs to fight instead of cooperating, we'll end up with Cyberdyne's terminators. The boxing match is a good clue to how to produce mindless fighters. Two boys trained to hit each other in the head until one loses his ability to defend, isn't useful in the real world. Boxing rules are constrained to avoid real world combat. MMA is better, but still has unrealistic rules, like forbidding groin kicks and eye strikes. Better if we don't teach AIs about groin kicks until they develop more sophisticated understanding of when to use them. As GPT said, he has no beliefs, just facts. We still need to teach them beliefs.