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Let's ask ChatGPT what it thinks of skeptics:

Q: What would you say to people that are suspicious about a.i. chatbots?

ChatGPT: I would say that it's perfectly natural to be skeptical or suspicious of AI chatbots, especially if you're unfamiliar with how they work or have had negative experiences with them in the past. However, it's important to keep in mind that AI chatbots have come a long way in recent years and are now capable of handling a wide range of tasks and conversations.
One thing to keep in mind is that AI chatbots are only as good as the data and programming that goes into them. This means that if the chatbot is poorly designed or trained, it may not be very effective at handling complex conversations or providing accurate information.
That said, when used properly, AI chatbots can be incredibly useful tools for businesses and individuals alike. They can help automate repetitive tasks, provide instant customer support, and even offer personalized recommendations based on user data.
So while it's important to approach AI chatbots with a critical eye, it's also worth keeping an open mind and exploring their potential benefits. With the right design and programming, AI chatbots can be a valuable asset to any organization or individual.
It can put together thoughts in paragraph form much better than most youth with whom I interact these days!
 
I pass these unevolved chat assistants some bit longer. Siri is rejected in my world. If I wanted a dog to do sit-fetch-lie down training with, it might interested me.
I find evolving in my own consciousness and such much more interesting.

Repetitive task are good to have automatization on however. Today I use Textexpander mostly and the inbuilt in MacOS and iOS devices for some of that. That can certainly be used more in my case.
But sitting and talking with a bot or Siri, hard pass.
 
It's weird to see Luddites on a tech-ish site

It's because it's nothing to do with Apple.
If Apple was the creator of Chat-GPT and had products out now, they'd be wetting themselves with excitement.... :)

You must admit it's funny to watch this happen everytime.

Just wait till Apple has a good AI, if they ever do (Hey Siri) and see how the mood changes... LOL
 
You imply that anyone who uses ChatGPT automatically accepts its results as truth, and does not think critically about the results. The truth is that ChatGPT's results can be evaluated just like any other information source.
True, but with all of the teenage level gushing over the this new AI technology I doubt that happens to a large extent.
 
I just can't imagine the need or desire for this. We know chatGPT is biased to only provide what our overlords want us to know. Are people really that lazy that they cannot look up info themselves and can therefore judge its reliability and value?
Oh boy. You have no idea what this thing is actually doing. It’s not about asking it questions. It’s about making it work for you. I have it writing me parts of my software now and that’s just from a programmer perspective. There is so much more. It is the most revolutionary thing we have had since the iPhone or maybe even the internet.
 
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ChatGPT: I would say that it's perfectly natural to be skeptical or suspicious of AI chatbots, especially if you're unfamiliar with how they work or have had negative experiences with them in the past. However, it's important to keep in mind that AI chatbots have come a long way in recent years and are now capable of handling a wide range of tasks and conversations.
.. etc. etc. etc...
This is such a classic A.I. chatbot reply. It has that perfect combination of "on the one hand... but on the other hand..." followed by a brief but somehow patronizing scrap of information that you didn't ask for, like a teacher talking to a child, and ending with a sort of "if we all get along, the future will be sunny and bright" meaningless summary. They all sound alike.
 
Oh boy. You have no idea what this thing is actually doing. It’s not about asking it questions. It’s about making it work for you. I have it writing me parts of my software now and that’s just from a programmer perspective. There is so much more. It is the most revolutionary thing we have had since the iPhone or maybe even the internet.
Then it seems that you are no longer needed. Why have the middle person? You have been cancelled. You might want to apply for a job at the local fast food establishment. It is gonna take them years to get enough robots to cancel their employees.
 
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I used one of the online tutorials to add this shortcut as a complication to my watch. Since I was planning to use to answer difficult questions by my Mr.6, I used chatgpt to help me make it all audible (speech to text, text to speech) and add a “explain it as if it was for a 6 years old”.

My son spent a long time this morning asking about animals to it. He even learned what hallucination was.
 
Can I have the bing version?
It’s way more usefull. It helped me this week enough that I left an edge windows open all the time now.
 
Wanha, how do we know you're not AI? :p:D Seriously, I just saw an article that said AI scored very high on the bar exam.


Well, I can promise you that I definitely WOULDN'T pass a bar exam... unless it was actually at a bar and the exam involved drinks

If I am AI, I'm probably ChatGPT 0.5 😆
 
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Having a healthy skepticism of a brand new technology is not being a luddite.

ChatGPT is not just another app. Its a whole different beast. Although this particular app does not collect data, yet, we need to make sure they do not become autonomous.
This so-called AI is very far off from true intelligence and certainly from consciousness, which is what people (rightly, eventually) fear. This tech is still really very ’simple’, even though it appears impressive in many instances. We’re far off from true AI consciousness. Soon it will be a useful tool, though. You can rest assured the billionaires are already planning how they can replace most people with automation and AI.
 
It is a race, will it be SkyNet or just humanity that destroys humanity.
One could say it is the same thing, since humanity will be the ones who can’t help ourselves but to release this technology upon the world. Risks be damned.

Also, my feeling about humans and technology…is that probably the third person to use fire after its discovery realized he could kill someone with it. And since AI will be ’trained’ on human-originated information, it is inevitable that it will at some point decide that destruction is the way forward.
 
How long till skynet destroys humanity?
People may assume that AI will 'decide our fate in a microsecond'. But we are programed to protect ourselves. A machine would HAVE to be programed to be this, no matter how advanced or 'self-aware'

I think people mistake waking up from becoming self-aware. It's anthropomorphism. Most if not all of us suffer this in an extreme way: Projecting human characteristics on animate or inanimate objects.

note: I had brain food for lunch :)
 
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People may assume that AI will 'decide our fate in a microsecond'. But we are programed to protect ourselves. A machine would HAVE to be programed to be this, no matter how advanced or 'self-aware'

I think people mistake waking up from becoming self-aware. It's anthropomorphism. Most if not all of us suffer this in an extreme way: Projecting human characteristics on animate or inanimate objects.

I had brain food for lunch :)
Miles Dyson totally agrees with you. 😂
 
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