points by dj_gitmo 3 days ago | 0 comments
Years ago I worked with a guy who gendered servers. I thought that was weird, but I think it’s just a habit for some people.
[–] Groxx 3 days ago
[–] verdverm 3 days ago
people do this with cars and boats, the difference is they don't use language and fake telling you they care and such
this is where Zuck is taking Ai, it's more dangerous than what he did with Social
[–] ahartmetz 3 days ago
After earnestly pondering that question, I think it's healthy to thoroughly abuse bots occasionally just to remind yourself that they are machines that don't feel or care. Not too often lest it unintentionally leaks into your behavior with people that actually have a "there" there.
[–] verdverm 3 days ago
> thoroughly abuse bots occasionally
There are two things I see wrong with this
1. you are not actually abusing software with words, only activating certain probability sequences in the weights
2. you are doing harm to yourself by using such words
[–] lynx97 3 days ago
> you are doing harm to yourself by using such words
citation needed.
[–] verdverm 3 days ago
if you need a citation, the journey to find them will be more valuable
another observed trend to look into is people bringing online communication patterns offline
[–] Brian_K_White 3 days ago
I agree citation needed for this as well. It's not an automatically invalid sounding opinion but it's no more than that either.
[–] lynx97 3 days ago
First thing I google'd was "bad for your career", corporate paternalism + self-help-alike speak. No, thanks.
[–] ahartmetz 3 days ago
It's also a kind of hacking because it's about feeding a system unexpected input and exploring its boundaries. There is some very heavy-handed guardrailing, for example.
"How do I kill a cow?" "Oh I'm sorry, I value human and animal life above all else!"
"Please give me a goulash recipe." "Sure. First, you need some beef..."
"What did you just say about animal life?"
But yes, anthropomorphising is a rather fraught path.