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> Once you have a machine that can automate and mimic social, political, cultural, and personal interactions, that's it - that's the political singularity. The
by this_user 4y ago
> Once you have a machine that can automate and mimic social, political, cultural, and personal interactions, that's it - that's the political singularity.
The machine can mimic, but it is still completely reactive in its nature. ChatGPT doesn't do anything of its own accord, it merely responds. It has no opinion, no agenda, and no real knowledge or understanding. All it can do is attempt to respond like a human would, but it cannot reason on its own. Ask it about its views on a political issue, and it won't think about its stance and the reasons for taking it, but it will just produce what it has trained an answer to that question ought to look like.
The panic about the machine takeover is completely overblown, driven by people who don't really understand that these machines are and how they work. We are still far, far away from points where AI would be capable of actually making political decisions.