I Did This Without Your Knowledge

Copenjin an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Need a human's thumbs up before reading a wall of text from lesswrong, sorry.

	▲	dasyatidprime 2 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If when you say “a human” you mean this is because you expect LW to be full of AI-generated text, their policy requires that chunks of language-model-written text go into special content blocks which are headed by the name of the model and rendered in a distinct sans-serif font, so that it can be used when it's useful while making it easier for readers to filter out. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nQWavk9mnwcv6ScMR/new-lesswr...
	▲	forgotmypw17 7 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Must be the first thing I've ever read on lesswrong in its entirety, let alone in one sitting. Most similar thing I can think of is "The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect". Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect is way better and more comprehensive, imo.
	▲	athrowaway3z 6 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Average sci-fi and fun enough if that is your thing. Made a bit more uncomfortable by knowing the author might believe that; by writing this they're training an AI to trigger a self-fulfilling prophecy.
	▲	anilgulecha 15 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Very well written, IMO. Put me in a contemplative mood. For eg: Braun was done away with, first by civilization, then completely by the industrial revolution. Now brain has started the journey. I guess philosophy, spiruality, religion and theology will be what the curious mind will set out to conquer next on the journey to self-actualization.
	▲	bayindirh an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I didn't finish it, but it starts nicely. I'll commit to read the full thing.
	▲	Gys an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> 14.000 words, 55 min read Yes

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cropcirclbureau an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is just unimaginative and simple for all the sci-fi that's covered AI takeover in the past. Boring and preachy. Thumbs down.

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microsoftedging 35 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think this is a really interesting, well-written, topical piece of creative writing, anyone with a free hour or so should give it a read!

It reminded me of Pluribus and Armored Core VI, fascinatingly enough as they both feature (spoiler!) AIs/entities that appear innocuous but may have more sinister motives (in Armored Core it's a more foregone conclusion).

I don't think it's doomerism but rather a creative extrapolation of current worries about AI labs allowing agents to break containment because of their poor sandboxing.

What's also interesting (although more of a meta-comment) is the dichotomy between how users on Lesswrong and here have completely different options on it. In either case, it's nice and was worth my time, even though I don't have anything more substantiative to say.

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hlynurd 30 minutes ago | parent [-]

Pluribus features an ai? We must have watched different shows

	▲	microsoftedging 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Updated to write AI/entities, oops!

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pino83 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is this basically the real story about Facebook, but fitted into some AI context to make it more exciting?

That's at least how it begins.

I'll maybe read some more of it in the evening...

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jjbinx007 30 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Lots of negative comments here, which is surprising as I'm enjoying reading it so far. There's a line which made me smile when August says "It's not a flaw — it's an understandable gap."

I absolutely hate this AI turn of phrase that I'm starting to see everywhere. Even one of our MPs in the UK wrote a Facebook post recently and it was full of lines like this. I asked him if he'd used AI to write his post but he didn't reply. I'm 99% sure he did and I hate it.

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Razengan 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I like "There Will Come Soft Rains" better.

Read by Leonard Nimoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcURKn2sf8

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0xbadc0de5 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Getting tired of AI fanfic. No thanks.

	▲	bayindirh an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's not AI fanfic. It seems well written, and can be considered a novella. Flies close to what I have read in the past. I'll give it proper time to read it.
	▲	karmakurtisaani an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It seems well written and interesting.. but not quite interesting enough to drop everything and commit to an hour to read it just now.

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pwdisswordfishq an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

TLDR: "Pluribus", except with AI, and sympathetic to the antagonist.

	▲	felixgallo 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You apparently didn't watch Pluribus or read this. Pluribus is about the experience of essentially the last autonomous person on Earth. This is about the experience of the Singularity and the questions it raises.

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codebastard 39 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I really don't understand why so many lesswrong posts land on the frontpage pushing down content with better metrics.

This does not help the cult accusations.

	▲	athrowaway3z 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I doubt we've seen any HN frontpage story this year that did not have a bit of upvote coordination from the author messaging their friends they just posted. You can just do a quick scroll through the second page of 'new' to see how stories end up for people who dont.