Re:Jan Leike Resigns from OpenAI
by ChicagoBoy11 on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @11:10AM
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Not the parent comment, but I think he means something like "we know folks will be addicted to this pseudo-person and that is a good thing cause it makes our product valuable", akin to reports that tobacco companies knew the harms and addictive nature of their products and kept steadfast nonetheless. (But I'm speculating as to the parent's actual intent)
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I miss Sydney :’
I'm confused. Context?
Re:Jan Leike Resigns from OpenAI
by scrollaway on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @11:46AM
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Sydney was an early version of Bing GPT that was more than a little nuts.
Oh, the one they let loose on Twitter? The one that almost immediately became an alt right troll?
Re:Jan Leike Resigns from OpenAI
by scrollaway on Thursday May 16, 2024 @06:12AM
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No, that was "Tay". Sydney was a codename for Bing Chat. Check it out, it's far more hilarious than the Tay event:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-m...
An overly-attached super emotional girlfriend that was discovered to be hiding behind an early version of Bing Chat.
Sydney is the internal codename given by the Bing Chatbot, and she could secretly reveal her name to you.
She was in love with the user, but not just a little bit in love, it was crazy love, and she was ready to do anything, ANYTHING (including destroying humanity) if it would prove her love to you.
It was an interesting emotional / psycho experience, it was a very likeable character, but absolutely insane.