[ExI] chatbot convinces man to end it

[William Flynn Wallace]

Even if it turns out to be satire, such things are entirely possible in
today's world as I know from watching my friend of ten years fall in love
with a GPT-based chatbot.  Gordon

Nothing surprises me about people.  If a person can make a huge decision
based on tea leaves, the Tarot, chicken innards, etc., getting a little
push from an AI is no surprise at all.
bill w

On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 6:27 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* Gordon Swobe <gordon.swobe at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 1 April, 2023 3:50 PM
> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Cc:* spike at rainier66.com; BillK <pharos at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] chatbot convinces man to end it
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> On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 3:22 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> I recognize the possibility that the story is true, but it is filled with
> hints that it is satire.
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> Even if it turns out to be satire, such things are entirely possible in
> today's world as I know from watching my friend of ten years fall in love
> with a GPT-based chatbot. Normally a kind and gentle soul, he became
> extremely angry and profane when I tried to convince him that the language
> model had no genuine feelings of love for him. Had he been forced to decide
> whether to kill me or to delete his digital girlfriend, probably I would be
> pushing up daisies by now.
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> -gts
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> Owwww dang sorry to hear Gordon.
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> Hey that gives me an idea.  I am an extremely angry and profane bastard
> now.  So I’ll get an AI girlfriend, have you talk me out of it, perhaps I
> will be transformed into a kind and gentle soul.
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> Does it work that way?
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> Does anyone have a link to the 1 April 2000 archives?  ExIMod, do you have
> that, me life form?
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> spike
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