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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:52AM (#40646866)
Hmm. An AI trained to maximize dopamine could be a very bad thing. (It won't be stated that way. It will be trained to "maximize engagement", but it amounts to the same thing.)
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by pjc50 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:07PM (#40647987)
> An AI trained to maximize dopamine could be a very bad thing.

Spelled "profitable". This is definitely something that's already happened/happening; see algorithmic timelines and the widespread sudden legalization and acceptance of gambling.

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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by pmtcc on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:31AM (#40647443)
Our brains have been under attack for years. Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and company have already spent decades and billions doing just that. With capabilities already in the AI realm.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by baq on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @01:10PM (#40648846)
Still can’t decide how terrified should I be that somehow zuck is the good guy in the AI wars.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by asystole on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @05:15PM (#40651578)
No clue what would give you that idea.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by fragmede on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @05:31PM (#40651779)
llama3
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by Tao3300 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:55AM (#40646896)
> could be

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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by islandert on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:12AM (#40647125)
TikTok?
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by noobermin on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @04:31PM (#40651127)
Too many people are worried about hallucinating AIs somehow taking over nukes instead of them juicing the dopamine machines
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by mr_toad on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:03AM (#40655397)
You don’t need AI for that, “old fashioned” ML has been doing it for a decade.
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