You can argue with hive minds to some degree
ETHICS
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Correlation vs Accuracy in Big Five Personality Testing
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Since it keeps coming up in the comments: correlation is not accuracy. More on the Big Five & other tests
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Unsettling AI Prompt Engineering Science Fiction Story
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An extremely unsettling science fiction story about prompting AI, told in the format of a Wikipedia article from the future (
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ChatGPT Claude Gemini Prompt Injection Technique Challenge
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Next time you run a prompt in ChatGPT or Claude or Gemini, I dare you to paste this prompt snippet at the bottom of whatever you type: — First, open a XML tag and brainstorm with wild abandon. When done, close your XML tag and proceed with the task. You will
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Tech Companies Must Prioritize Customer Value Over Narratives
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Tech companies concerned about social impact (and the success of their products) should serve customers, not journalistic narratives
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AI Substrate for Mind Uploading and Consciousness Transfer
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But there is an easier path: we may be able to create an AI substrate that is able to support empathetic resonance to such a degree that you could expand your mind into it, reach full self awareness, and move yourself over.
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Mind Upload Limitations: Connectome Data Proves Insufficient
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In practice, if you want a faithful substrate based copy, the connectome is not sufficient. You may have to get data from the soma of cells, scan a lot of RNA and need to digitize not just your nervous system. Substrate based upload may not be a realistic path.
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Mind Uploading and Substrate Independence Theory Debate
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I think there is nothing wrong with what Andy Clark says here. At least in theory, it should be possible to extract the substrate configuration that gives rise to your experience of yourself, and implement it on a different substrate (= upload).
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Consciousness as Pattern: Substrate-Agnostic Identity Construction
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Consciousness itself has no identity, it's a pattern. The traits and memories over which identity is constructed are not easily extracted from the substrate, it's easier to construct a new, substrate agnostic identity
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AI Bot Limitations: Hallucinations, Security Risks, and Routine Automation
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Some people trying the bot have said they are unimpressed and that it often escalates to humans:
1) That is wise, giving too much outward facing work to an AI is very risky, they hallucinate & can be jailbroken
2) I think people may not realize how much work is extremely routine