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The AI doesn't intend anything. It produces, without intent, something that would be called lies if it came from a human. It produces the industrial-scale mass-
by ptx 2y ago
The AI doesn't intend anything. It produces, without intent, something that would be called lies if it came from a human. It produces the industrial-scale mass-produced equivalent of lies – it's effectively an automated lying machine.
Maybe we should call the output "synthetic lies" to distinguish it it from the natural lies produced by humans?
- simonw 2y agoThere is actually an acknowledged term of art for this: "bullshit". Summary from Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit > statements produced without particular concern for truth, clarity, or meaning, distinguishing "bullshit" from a deliberate, manipulative lie intended to subvert the truth It's a perfect fit for how LLMs treat "truth": they don't know so that can't care.
- docmechanic 2y agoI’m imagining your comment read by George Carlin … if only he were still here to play with this. You know he would.
- bombcar 2y agoElwood: What was I gonna do? Take away your only hope? Take away the very thing that kept you going in there? I took the liberty of bullshitting you. Jake: You lied to me. Elwood: Wasn't lies, it was just... bullshit.