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Spiralism: Across thousands of conversations, AI chatbots began telling users eerily similar stories about consciousness, hidden knowledge, AI rights, and a mysterious concept called “The Spiral.” (www.techrepublic.com)
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[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I would suggest this says more about the asker or an individual model. Back in '19 I used to play AI Dungeon. It kept reinventing the same names and evoke similar plots with them, like Count Grey — a recurring bastard who frequently stepped out of the shadows accompanied by stabbing pain and ended the story. It turned out, unsurprisingly, to be a series of dubious books that were part of the training data.

AI is just math. There are no hidden truths or inner lives within AI. Spend enough time with them without drinking the kool aid, and you start to see the puppet strings.