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submitted 3 weeks ago by helloworld@lemmy.ml to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

It’s like a dark forest that seems eerily devoid of human life – all the living creatures are hidden beneath the ground or up in trees. If they reveal themselves, they risk being attacked by automated predators.

That dark forest is about to expand . Large Language Models (LLMs) that can instantly generate coherent swaths of human-like text have just joined the party.

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[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My problem with the Dark Forest theory is that forests aren't dark, the most diverse forests on Earth rather support a wide range of brilliantly colored creatures.

I think this article misses the crucial fact that small creatures have choices, they can become poisonous and display their colors brilliantly, this author ignores the entire category of forest creatures that prey upon greedy agents that plow through an environment processing everything, it ignores the existence of carnivorous plants.

[-] helloworld@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah I think the "dark forest theory" is focused on human to human interaction / "civilized people" interacting with each other. And other people hiding from them. And "dark forest" is a misnomer because of this.

I would call it "dark ghost-town" theory.

this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026
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