AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames (www.newscientist.com)

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Given that chat bot responses are a product of the training data that was used, it seems that Western media has an inclination towards fostering nuclear conflict.

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

I love that they're training the next generation off reddit posts. The most bloodthirsty racists outside of 4chan, who fill every r/worldnews and r/politics and r/europe thread with "i would like to eat brown people", are now the moral and logical foundation for AI chatbots just because it's the biggest body of words they can buy.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

why do our robots keep choosing war in our war games /s

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We train them on human models. Guess what human’s favorite pastime is?

Even this community talks about Revolution, which while for a good cause, is still warfare and death.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

But they're also trained in the English language. I wonder if a bot derived from other languages would behave the same.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Probably. Most languages are proud of their conflicts. Great Patriotic War for example.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was being sarcastic :)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

because games are boring if nobody does anything interesting for a while... and seconds seems like years to a computer...

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Movie AI apocalypse: Skynet takes over every computer on the internet and nukes all urban centres

Real "AI" apocalypse: clueless general asks a probabilistic chatbot what to do every day, accidentally starts war

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

this could be the next sitcom

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

ComradeGPT will lead the posadist revolution!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Bring out the dolphins!

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Crackers: Who taught you how to do this stuff?

AI: I learned it by watching YOU!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

White people are the only group that does war or violence? That’s probably one of the largest constants of human nature across every single ethnic, cultural, racial, religious, or national group; across all of human history, along with things such as music, art, love, empathy, etc.

Humans are inherently violent; we are still monkeys at heart, and while overcoming our instincts makes us human, they still shine through often.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was just referring to Western media, mostly being comprised of violent media and content made by neoliberal whiteys. My joke wasn't meant to be read into this much.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

My bad, I misjudged your tone and didn't mean to read into it that much. Definitely a bit overkill for the joke now that I read it in a more joking light. Sorry!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

No worries :)

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Just like real Americans. The ai grew up so fast 😢

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

One can only wonder why the Wall-e loaded up with genocidal military doctrine became genocidal 😯

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

They're just like me fr.

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