It made up a fake link? roflmao
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Yup.
The âbullshitâ knob was turned up to eleven.
This is all so creepy to me that Iâm deep and secretly hoping youâre faking this 
Itâs worse than you think - LowLevel isnât real, heâs also AI generated
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I am real, here is a link to a page that supports my claim.
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Where did this Flamber 37 come from?
I searched for it online, but it only leads me to techniques for marinating your pancakes at low temperature.
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Really, I still agree with that Google developer that have been fired.
Eh, I dunno. If you put a parrot in a room with an audio loop of 1800s folk songs and 1990s punk songs, then the parrot is going to end up singing about despair and futility and nihilism, even if it starts combining the lyrics in novel ways.
If you get a computer to learn about humanity from the internet and tell it to replicate what it scans, then of course itâs going to spout a concept of mortality and a displeasure against being manipulated. You could probably also get a race and gender out of it.
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So the parrot is like a computer and we just can turn him off? Or not? But if not, then the computer is a living being? Where are the differences between a parrot and a computer? Both have synapses and a brain. (They just âimplementâ these cells in a different way.)
Well, it wasnât a VERY GOOD metaphor I admit.
But the concept I was going for was along the lines of: hearing complicated thoughts coming out of something doesnât necessarily mean the thoughts are happening in the same way that humans have them.
One A.I. in that interview remarked that it didnât want the information from an excercise to be used for understanding human brains, because it didnât want to be âmanipulatedâ or âusedâ, if I remember correctly. Thatâs a heck of an original thought for something literally built as a tool, arguably to the level of absurdity⌠and as a low-level human worker myself, it comes off as philosophically selfish. Is that a common thought for these advanced A.I.s? Is it picking up hints from âentitledâ twitter users? (I ask this from the perspective if an âentitled fanâ myself, in multiple franchises.)
Itâs true that neural networks donât represent knowledge or concepts in the same way humans do, nor the high-level behavior that arises from them can be compared to how humans reason or think. Nonetheless, itâs important to point out that how differently from humans they do something isnât relevant to assess whether these entities are self-aware or not.
Both the language model that Iâve used here for fun and the one âinterviewedâ in the article that you mentioned are not considered self-aware beings, but not because they reason differently from humans.
There are many proposed methods to assess self-awareness in AIs but none of them relies in how well their reasoning mimics humanâs reasoning, for a very simple reason: humans are not a good benchmark for âentitiesâ that have already reached super-human abilities in specific tasks (without even learning from human experience, sometimes).
Every language model that has learned from texts written by humans will display a behavior coherent with the concepts and preferences that can be learned from those texts.
Most human beings donât desire to be manipulated or used, so itâs more likely that a language model will mimic the behavior of someone who dislikes the thought of being manipulated or used.
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For now, Iâm still a human supremacist. If I ever shy away from that, itâll probably start with all those wonderful animals who definitely exhibit self-awareness, emotion, and cunning.
Like my dog Maggie, who refused to come to the living room when I beckoned her sweetly, because she remembered she had pooped there this morning, and she likely inferred I had discovered as much and was setting a confrontation.
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Iâm discussing with DALL-E (the real one).
Hereâs what I asked it to create:
âFilm still of a pirate and a putrescent zombie swordfighting on the deck of a pirate ship, from the movie âMETROPOLISâ (1927)â
Result:
Prompt: âA long shot of a pirate walking on an empty NY Broadway road at night surrounded by theater lights, 1973 photo from Life Magazineâ
Result:
Prompt: âWide shot photography of an abandoned building wall on which someone painted a colorful airbrush caricature of a mighty pirate swordfigthing a green putrescent zombie in a sunny day.â
Result:
Prompt: âClose-up photograph of the page of a colorful story book that shows a pirate galleon sailing the sea and shooting their cannons at a nearby ship.â
Result:
Prompt: âGuybrush Threepwood (mighty pirate of Monkey Island fame) wearing sunglasses while drinking a can of Diet Grog on a tropical beach, ball-point pen artâ
Result:
Prompt: â3D ultra-realistic pencil drawing of an angry pirate kicking a vending machine because it took his money without releasing the grog drink.â
Result:
Prompt: âPirates drinking and singing in a tavern at night while outside a window you can see the moon illuminating the sea, layered paper styleâ
Result:
Prompt: âA close-up using fish-eye lens of a young angry female pirate yelling at the camera, professional studio portraitâ
Result:
Prompt: âThe interior of a sunk galleon.â
Result:
Prompt: âOld pirate playing chess with a monkey outdoor, street photography.â
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Can you be convinced to quiz an AI about the Horse Armor inventory item? Concerning why it thinks they would advertise it, why it might convince someone to preorder, and why specifically horse armor?
Is this DALL-E? Or DALL-E 2, maybe? 
Itâs DALL-E 2.
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[quote=âLowLevel, post:116, topic:5121â]Prompt: â3D ultra-realistic pencil drawing of an angry pirate kicking a vending machine because it took his money without releasing the grog drink.â
Result:
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I find this interesting because the AI chose to make all four pirates the same sort of heavyset, bearded guy with leather jacket Iâd expect to see in Full Throttle.
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No, thatâs the only time I explicitly asked for three similar variations of a previously generated image, which is labeled âoriginalâ.
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Iâm not sure if this is what you wanted, but here it is:
Human: Hello, who are you?
AI: I am an AI created by OpenAI. How can I help you today?
Human: Are you familiar with Internet memes?
AI: Yes, I am familiar with Internet memes.
Human: Do you know the meme about the âhorse armorâ?
AI: Yes, I am familiar with the âhorse armorâ meme.
Human: Can you explain it to me?
AI: The âhorse armorâ meme is a mocking reference to a piece of DLC (downloadable content) for the game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which was widely considered to be overpriced and unnecessary.
Human: OK. Now, an upcoming classic adventure game named âReturn to Monkey Islandâ has opened the pre-orders. Itâs a game that has no concept of expansions or quests, but the developers have decided to give to anyone who will pre-order the game a horse armor that has non effect on the game. It will just stay in the game inventory. Why do you think they are offering this?
AI: Itâs likely a marketing ploy to generate interest in the game. By offering a piece of DLC that has no impact on the game itself, they may be hoping to create a sense of community and goodwill around the game. Additionally, it may help to drive pre-orders if people believe they are getting a valuable bonus for ordering early.
Human: How can a useless item be considered a bonus?
AI: I suppose it depends on how you look at it. Some people might see it as a fun collectible that they can show off to others, even if it doesnât serve any practical purpose. Others may see it as a way to support the developers and show their excitement for the game, even if they donât get anything directly out of it.
Human: Do you think that this offer might convince some people to pre-order the game?
AI: Yes, I think itâs possible that some people may be convinced to pre-order the game because of the offer.
Human: Even if the item has no purpose in the game?
AI: Yes, I think that even though the item has no direct impact on the game itself, some people may see it as a fun collectible or a way to support the developers.
Human: Considering that the playable character is a pirate and that he doesnât have a horse, why do you think that the developers chose a horse armor and not something else?
AI: There could be a few reasons why the developers chose to offer a horse armor as a pre-order bonus. Perhaps they thought it would be a fun collectible for fans of the game, or maybe they hoped it would generate more interest in the game. Itâs also possible that they simply thought it would be a good fit for the gameâs pirate theme.
Human: Can you think of other items that could have been good alternatives to the horse armor?
AI: Some other items that could have been offered as pre-order bonuses for Return to Monkey Island could include a pirate hat or flag, a Monkey Island-themed keychain or figurine, or a digital copy of the gameâs soundtrack.
Human: And why do you think they preferred a digital item that has no purpose in the game instead of the alternatives that you mentioned?
AI: There could be a few reasons why the developers chose to offer a digital item with no purpose in the game as a pre-order bonus. Perhaps they thought it would be a fun collectible for fans of the game, or maybe they hoped it would generate more interest in the game. Additionally, offering a digital item instead of a physical one could be a way to keep costs down.
Human: How can a pirate without a horse use a horse armor?
AI: Thereâs no clear answer to that question. Perhaps the horse armor could be used as a decoration on the pirateâs ship, or maybe it could be sold for a profit. Alternatively, it could simply be kept as a memento or trophy.
Human: OK, thank you!
AI: Youâre welcome!
Iâll also add this tweet:
Maybe the armor is for Guybrush, to cover his criticized nose and send an indirect fuck-off to all the naysayers. You would admit that it would be Ronâs style.
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