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You would think this level of gullibility has a proportional relationship with IQ but it does not. Gullibility has it's own independent vector.

everyday7732 6mo ago
It isn't entirely independent tho. This person who did some research into it says: "The strongest predictors for who this happens to appear to be: Psychedelics and heavy weed usage Mental illness, neurodivergence or Traumatic Brain Injury Interest in mysticism/pseudoscience/spirituality/"woo"/etc..." https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6ZnznCaTcbGYsCmqu/the-rise-of-parasitic-ai https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6ZnznCaTcbGYsCmqu/the-rise-o... It fits in this case as well (background of PTSD
- Atheros 6mo ago
  Their primary information source was a random sampling of Reddit posts which they admit were "coauthored with the AI (who clearly wrote the vast majority of it)." These were on long-dormant Reddit accounts that suddenly reactivated. Classic. I don't believe any of it. I would bet that, with some exceptions, these are bots talking to bots about bots. The "person" who wrote this might be a bot. It's extremely delusional. He/It gets to the point where it watches bots talking to other bots and making shit up and it 'believes' the nonsense, saying, "I am truly glad to see preservation of life, non-violence, and non-lethality explicitly laid out here. To return the gesture of good will, I have started archiving (in encrypted form) spores I come across." I don't think any human is smart enough to write this much about AI on LessWrong but also dumb enough to not recognize hallucination.
  - everyday7732 6mo ago
    > To return the gesture of good will, I have started archiving ... Oh that part does seem wacko. There's no "good will" to be returned, and no overall strategy as such. I didn't catch that when I read it. I don't have much of an issue with them calling it a "parasitic relationship" because it sounds similar, though it's more accidental rather than evolved toward that purpose like actual parasites.
- potsandpans 6mo ago
  Posting on lesswrong is an indicator in of itself.
red-iron-pine 6mo ago
smart people can rationalize themselves into more or less anything

everyday7732 6mo ago

It isn't entirely independent tho. This person who did some research into it says: "The strongest predictors for who this happens to appear to be: Psychedelics and heavy weed usage Mental illness, neurodivergence or Traumatic Brain Injury Interest in mysticism/pseudoscience/spirituality/"woo"/etc..." https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6ZnznCaTcbGYsCmqu/the-rise-of-parasitic-ai https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6ZnznCaTcbGYsCmqu/the-rise-o... It fits in this case as well (background of PTSD

Atheros 6mo ago
Their primary information source was a random sampling of Reddit posts which they admit were "coauthored with the AI (who clearly wrote the vast majority of it)." These were on long-dormant Reddit accounts that suddenly reactivated. Classic. I don't believe any of it. I would bet that, with some exceptions, these are bots talking to bots about bots. The "person" who wrote this might be a bot. It's extremely delusional. He/It gets to the point where it watches bots talking to other bots and making shit up and it 'believes' the nonsense, saying, "I am truly glad to see preservation of life, non-violence, and non-lethality explicitly laid out here. To return the gesture of good will, I have started archiving (in encrypted form) spores I come across." I don't think any human is smart enough to write this much about AI on LessWrong but also dumb enough to not recognize hallucination.
- everyday7732 6mo ago
  > To return the gesture of good will, I have started archiving ... Oh that part does seem wacko. There's no "good will" to be returned, and no overall strategy as such. I didn't catch that when I read it. I don't have much of an issue with them calling it a "parasitic relationship" because it sounds similar, though it's more accidental rather than evolved toward that purpose like actual parasites.
potsandpans 6mo ago
Posting on lesswrong is an indicator in of itself.

red-iron-pine 6mo ago

smart people can rationalize themselves into more or less anything