Where there’s an upside there’s a downside. I read an article awhile back about exactly the same idea, AI writing content. In that case though it was an experiment to see how effectively an AI program could generate content based on a few questions, legal content I think it was. Point being, whoever the scumbags are that are doing this stuff are thinking about ways to generate fake content that only reads real. No doubt they’ll want to get rid of more jobs.
Where there’s an upside there’s a downside. I read an article awhile back about exactly the same idea, AI writing content. In that case though it was an experiment to see how effectively an AI program could generate content based on a few questions, legal content I think it was. Point being, whoever the scumbags are that are doing this stuff are thinking about ways to generate fake content that only reads real. No doubt they’ll want to get rid of more jobs. -- Cuthbertj
I think it is high time that we paid attention to our most important mode of communication. If you compare the current state of the English language (texting) with the linguistic eloquence of the Shakespearean times, it is clear that our language has suffered perhaps fatal deterioration and a perverse dumbing down.
Any help that an AI can provide in that area should be welcomed.
“Fake content that reads real?” What on earth does that mean? As compared to intentional fake content that reads real by modern human con-artists?
Why are AI immediately suspected of harming society when actual human-caused harm is in abundant evidence? I don’t understand these knee-jerk hysterical reactions to anything that may offer beneficial uses, such as working under hazardous conditions, jobs where humans would suffer injury.
Based on this single prompt:
“They’re taking the robots to Isengard, they’re taking the robots to Isengard!”
This is a poem written by GPT3 without any further assist or direction.
This was probably the best completion:
… To Isengard, with engines’ song and rocket-blast!
To Isengard!
With plenty of tin and steel for Saruman!
To Isengard!
To Isengard, where the wizard waits.
With the voice of rolling wheels, and ringing steel
On land, on water, in the sky.
They’re taking the robots to Isengard, they’re taking the robots to Isengard.
Under the trees, through the grass.
Down the roads where battles are fought.
No horse can stay, no rider can last.
They’re taking the robots to Isengard, taking the robots to Isengard.
With good King Théoden who died in single combat,
The last of the kings of Rohan who fought with honour!
They’re taking the robots to Isengard, they’re taking the robots to Isengard.
There is no comfort for Gondor, no hope for men.
Only maybe a child will understand.
And it’s taking the robots to Isengard.
With uttermost silence, unsaid words, and unending pain.
They’re taking the robots to Isengard, they’re taking the robots to Isengard.
Interesting thought. If we are the gods creating artificial intelligence, we have entered an era of gods competing for supremacy of the artificial world.
Has anybody tried Microsoft Copilot yet? It is another free AI assistant.
Ask it a question and it comes up with synopses from several source sites.
It is an AI search assistant and it is remarkable. I asked it who Write4U is on a forum named Center For InquirY (CFI) and this is what it returned.
“Write4U” is a user on the Center For Inquiry (CFI) forum who has been recognized as a moderator. They are known for their contributions to discussions and for helping to maintain the forum1. Write4U is also appreciated for their good command of English, which they use to engage in various topics, including AI-assisted writing and other subjects.
Does this help clarify things, or is there something more specific you’d like to know about Write4U?
A little out of date, but remarkable nevertheless.
I then asked it:
“do you have access to all of Write4U’s posts?”
and it returned:
I don’t have direct access to all of Write4U’s posts on the Center For Inquiry (CFI) forum. However, I can help you find specific information or summaries based on what’s publicly available. If you have any particular topics or posts in mind, feel free to share, and I’ll do my best to assist you!
I am not sure if I feel comfortable with this ease of access to my name. Any thoughts?
This video skips over a lot. It talks about the responses to some of the oddities GPT gave them, but says nothing about it was programmed, and how it only says what it is programmed to say. Just because it can put together words in a unique, no one who is serious about this technology believes that is consciousness. It claims AI will be able to drive our cars for us, far from proven.
The worst is the part about how robots do tasks but they aren’t creative, concluding that creativity by humans will be rewarded in the future. They use AI to read some books and see how creativity has been crushed for most of human history. We have improved the ability to distract people real creativity, imagination, self-reflection, and exploring their own interests. Early Christians preached on the dangers of curiosity. Capitalists pay certain artists and athletes millions and use that as entertainment the numb the people they want in their factories. “Sacrifice” is taken to extremes, including medals for giving your life for profits of others.
AI won’t solve this.
What you show us here could have been done in a few hours of effort by anyone given the prompts you gave. AI just did faster. The access to your name was there years ago.