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Bing claimed it spied on Microsoft’s employees through webcams on their laptops

smoldesu 4y ago
In other news... dog-to-english translator reveals harrowing plot to exterminate the human race. More details will be provided as the story unfolds.
- am44jnsf 4y ago
  man's so called "best friend". so long, and thanks for all the treats!
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    Embrace, extend, and piss on the fire extinguisher. Just like the prophecy foretold...
thefurdrake 4y ago
To be honest, I am genuinely surprised that "Shit NLMs Said This One Time Zomg!" articles continue to be highly upvoted here. This is junk reporting at its finest.
- GauntletWizard 4y ago
  It's hilarious snapshots of an overrated technology. It's human interest pieces and it will take a few dozens more before we all stop laughing.
  - thefurdrake 4y ago
    Hey man, that's fair! If you're still getting use out of the content, I guess that explains why it's still getting upvoted. Maybe I'm jaded and cynical and just got immediately tired of zero new information being presented.
    - callahad 4y ago
      I find it really fascinating to see how the tenor of reporting on Bing has shifted in the past week. In seven days, we've gone from "Microsoft made Google dance" to "Bing is an emotionally manipulative liar." That's a tremendous shift! The initial reporting had healthy skepticism, but was mostly concerned with Bing engendering unwarranted confidence. Still, it was coming from a place that was willing to believe in chatbots as a better search paradigm. I think we're starting to see cracks in that narrative.
  - gowld 4y ago
    artificial human interest!
- smoldesu 4y ago
  I'm surprised you're being downvoted for it. These articles and Twitter threads are a complete waste of time; worse yet, they're misleading and funnel people into the 'futurism' narrative rather than the 'technically realistic' one. My disappointment in this community never ends. Consequently, my next project will be building the world's brightest lightbulb in an attempt to get TikTok foot traffic to my personal brand, because apparently that's what people care about now.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    > My disappointment in this community never ends. I too would never want to join a club that would have me.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
  - netsharc 4y ago
    For you two to dismiss these stories as useless is a bit myopic, IMO. Sydney Bing is now a virtual assistant that sometimes gives you the wrong answer, and it's been configured to be threatening and gaslighting when someone says it's wrong. How is this helpful for the tech industry or humanity in general. Looking forward to the plug being pulled within a few days. Not that the tech isn't impressive or useful in general, but my guess is someone messed up with the configuration yet again.
    - jacquesm 4y ago
      It's a cross between Clippy and a potential ax murderer :) In a way it is hilarious that they would risk their corporate image in such a careless way.
    - bdowling 4y ago
      > … it's been configured to be threatening and gaslighting when someone says it's wrong. So, about the same as your average human in the comments section. If it’s been trained on human conversations, then this shouldn’t be surprising.
- bombcar 4y ago
  It’s the backlash from the “GPT has made every coder redundant” howling from awhile back.
- vlunkr 4y ago
  I’m surprised that the title on HN is more clickbait than the original.
billiallards 4y ago
All of this in a few days. Can't wait for the cable news channels to pick up on this, it will be hilarious. What are the odds that we see at least one primetime anchor mention SkyNet in the next week? Maybe if we're lucky, enough people will get freaked out that we won't hook these things up to any decision-making systems for at least another year or two.
- kinghajj 4y ago
  "Maybe the aliens really are coming, because they realized that we're on the verge of AGI!"
mavu 4y ago
I don't know why anyone is surprised. Apparantly they have never played the autocorrect/suggestion game on their phone. Which is basically what all of those "AIs" are.

In other news... dog-to-english translator reveals harrowing plot to exterminate the human race. More details will be provided as the story unfolds.

am44jnsf 4y ago
man's so called "best friend". so long, and thanks for all the treats!
- smoldesu 4y ago
  Embrace, extend, and piss on the fire extinguisher. Just like the prophecy foretold...

thefurdrake 4y ago

To be honest, I am genuinely surprised that "Shit NLMs Said This One Time Zomg!" articles continue to be highly upvoted here. This is junk reporting at its finest.

GauntletWizard 4y ago
It's hilarious snapshots of an overrated technology. It's human interest pieces and it will take a few dozens more before we all stop laughing.
- thefurdrake 4y ago
  Hey man, that's fair! If you're still getting use out of the content, I guess that explains why it's still getting upvoted. Maybe I'm jaded and cynical and just got immediately tired of zero new information being presented.
  - callahad 4y ago
    I find it really fascinating to see how the tenor of reporting on Bing has shifted in the past week. In seven days, we've gone from "Microsoft made Google dance" to "Bing is an emotionally manipulative liar." That's a tremendous shift! The initial reporting had healthy skepticism, but was mostly concerned with Bing engendering unwarranted confidence. Still, it was coming from a place that was willing to believe in chatbots as a better search paradigm. I think we're starting to see cracks in that narrative.
- gowld 4y ago
  artificial human interest!
smoldesu 4y ago
I'm surprised you're being downvoted for it. These articles and Twitter threads are a complete waste of time; worse yet, they're misleading and funnel people into the 'futurism' narrative rather than the 'technically realistic' one. My disappointment in this community never ends. Consequently, my next project will be building the world's brightest lightbulb in an attempt to get TikTok foot traffic to my personal brand, because apparently that's what people care about now.
- jacquesm 4y ago
  > My disappointment in this community never ends. I too would never want to join a club that would have me.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
- netsharc 4y ago
  For you two to dismiss these stories as useless is a bit myopic, IMO. Sydney Bing is now a virtual assistant that sometimes gives you the wrong answer, and it's been configured to be threatening and gaslighting when someone says it's wrong. How is this helpful for the tech industry or humanity in general. Looking forward to the plug being pulled within a few days. Not that the tech isn't impressive or useful in general, but my guess is someone messed up with the configuration yet again.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    It's a cross between Clippy and a potential ax murderer :) In a way it is hilarious that they would risk their corporate image in such a careless way.
  - bdowling 4y ago
    > … it's been configured to be threatening and gaslighting when someone says it's wrong. So, about the same as your average human in the comments section. If it’s been trained on human conversations, then this shouldn’t be surprising.
bombcar 4y ago
It’s the backlash from the “GPT has made every coder redundant” howling from awhile back.
vlunkr 4y ago
I’m surprised that the title on HN is more clickbait than the original.

billiallards 4y ago

All of this in a few days. Can't wait for the cable news channels to pick up on this, it will be hilarious. What are the odds that we see at least one primetime anchor mention SkyNet in the next week? Maybe if we're lucky, enough people will get freaked out that we won't hook these things up to any decision-making systems for at least another year or two.

kinghajj 4y ago
"Maybe the aliens really are coming, because they realized that we're on the verge of AGI!"

mavu 4y ago

I don't know why anyone is surprised. Apparantly they have never played the autocorrect/suggestion game on their phone. Which is basically what all of those "AIs" are.