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Have you ever watched US State Department press briefings, and paid close attention to how they use language (ie: "X is linked to Y")? Or, heard the public subs
by mistermann 2y ago
Have you ever watched US State Department press briefings, and paid close attention to how they use language (ie: "X is linked to Y")? Or, heard the public subsequently discussing what was said in them (say, right here on HN)?
Humans are a story based species...always have been always will be. Stories are our weak spot, the ultimate attack/control vector.
- walterbell 2y ago> Stories are our weak spot, the ultimate attack/control vector. Stories (and LLM 'story models') can be fine tuned and A/B tested against humans with live neural monitoring to evaluate narrative effectiveness.
- mistermann 2y ago"Evaluate", on what scale? Donald Trump can tell a story (which is what all humans run on) adequate to motivate thousands of people up to no good to descend upon the nation's capital, do you think LLM's (science, etc) can compete in that specific arena/domain, at that level? (To be fair though, the Normies have been motivated to do more than a few silly things themselves by their trainers. Donald is good, but he ain't the best.) There are readings of brain activity, and then there is brain activity that causes humans to do particular things with their bodies. One of these is more powerful than the other. (Pardon for the vitriol, no offense intended.)
- walterbell 2y ago12 years ago, https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2012/04/department-of-defense-neuroscience-bioethics-brains-law/ https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2012/04/departm... > FY2012 budget states a plan to “initiate investigations into the relationship between…neurotransmitters such as oxytocin, emotion-cognition interactions, and narrative structures.” What has transpired since then is left as an exercise for the reader.