No Stupid Questions

How do you know everyone IRL isn't an NPC because this is just a simulation?

At some point it all stops mattering. You treat bots like humans and humans like bots. It's all about logic and good/bad faith.

I've had an embarrassing attempt to identify a bot and learned a fair bit.

There is significant overlap between the smartest bots, and the dumbest humans.

A human can:

• Get angry that they are being tested
• Fail an AI-test
• Intentionally fail an AI-test
• Pass a test that an AI can also pass, while the tester expects an AI to fail.

It's too unethical to test, so I feel that the best course of action is to rely on good/bad faith tests, and logic of the argument.

Turing tests are very obsolete. The real question to ask, Do you really believe that the average persons sapience is really that noteworthy?

A well made LLM can exceed a dumb person pretty easily. It can also be more enjoyable to talk with or more loving and supportive.

Of course there are things that current LLMs can't do well that we could design tests around. Also long conversations have a higher chance to show a failure of the AI. Secret AIs and future AIs might be harder of course.

I believe dead internet theories spirit. Strap in meat-peoples, rides gonna get bumpy.

Ah, the dead internet "theory"? Ultimately, it doesn't matter.

Let's pretend that you're the last human on the internet, and everyone else (including me) is a bot. This means that at least some bots pass the Turing test with flying colours; they're undistinguishable from human beings and do the exact same sort of smart and dumb shit that humans do. Is there any real difference between "this is a human being, I'll treat them as such" vs. "this is a bot, but it behaves like a human being and I need to treat it as a human being"?

I'm not a bot, I... was just here to promote a movie.

Welcome to solipsism. We're happy to have you.

You can trust me, fellow human

Looks like the bot @001100010010 is becoming self aware.

Shut it down. Lets try again

Bots have limitations. They avoid certain specific topics, or answer in very vague way.

Also, some of us met in real-space, soooo....

If you've not made an AI bot version of yourself to post stuff online, what are you even doing with your life?

It’s been a while since I’ve had an existential crisis. Thanks!

we don't. also check this out - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism

That quickly boils down to "How do we know anything?" and the answer to that is "We don't". When you think hard enough about anything you can come up with an explanation why what we think to onow and believe is wrong. To get around that irl you can employ different tactics. For example, you can check how plausible sonething is. How many assumptions do you have to make for a theory? Usually, more assumptions means less plausible. And you can ask yourself " why does it matter? What would it change for me?" and the answer is most likely it doesn't and nothing.

It can be hard to tell if you're talking to a bot online. Some bots are really good at mimicking human conversation, and they can even make spelling mistakes to seem more realistic. But there are some things you can look for to help you tell the difference between a bot and a human.

For example, bots often have very fast response times, even if you ask them a complicated question. They may also repeat themselves or give you the same answer to different questions. And their language may sound unnatural, or they may not be able to understand your jokes or sarcasm.

Of course, there's no foolproof way to tell if you're talking to a bot. But if you're ever suspicious, it's always a good idea to do some research or ask a friend for help.

Here are some additional tips for spotting bots online:

• Check the profile. Bots often have very basic profiles with no personal information or photos.
• Look for inconsistencies. Bots may make mistakes or contradict themselves. Be suspicious of overly friendly or helpful users. Bots are often programmed to be very helpful, so they may come across as too good to be true. If you're still not sure if you're talking to a bot, you can always ask them directly. Most bots will be honest about their identity, but if they refuse to answer, that's a good sign that you're dealing with a bot.

I hope this helps!

I've met some people from the internet and confirmed their humanity.

That's a leap if I ever saw one. I could ask the same question and substitute AI with god or aliens and I'd be ridiculed by the tech community and with good reason.

And you don't need to take it much further to fall into the holographic universe principle or the simulation hypothesis and for those there are big discussions to be had in science communities.

To be clear, nothing stops you or me, or anyone for that matter from assuming so, but down that road the only answer I can think of is that nothing matters and might as well lay down and die.

That's just a variant of the ages old Philosophy question "What is real?"

Last I checked the best answer there was is "I think therefore I am" (Descartes), which is quite old and doesn't even deal with the whole "what am I", much less with the existance or not of everything else.

"Is the Internet all AI but me" is actually pretty mild skepticism in this domain - I mean, how sure are your that your're not some kind of advanced AI yourself who believes itself to be "human" or even that the whole "human" concept is at all real and not just part of an advanced universe simulation with "generative simulated organic life" inv which various AIs which are unaware of their AI status, such as yourself, participate?

Or maybe you're just one of the brains of a 5-dimensional hyper intelligence and "life as a human" is but a game they play for such minor brains to keep them occupied...

Look into the research of Large Language Models (LLMs). Even the latest and greatest model has some issues that come up under rigorous testing. For example, GPT-4 (the one used by Bing) fails miserably if you ask: “How many words will there be in your next answer?”

You can spot an older LLM by asking about relationships that require some understanding of the real world. For example: “I found a shirt under the car, but it was wet. Which one was wet?” GPT-4 knows enough about the world that it makes more sense if the shirt was wet, but older models would have failed this question. With every new LLM, there are always some issues, so look up what they are.

Tom Scott made an interesting video about what the situation was 3 years ago. Obviously, LLMs are a fast moving target right now, so that video aged like milk.

Every day, real life drifts closer to a Metal Gear plot.

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Nice bait post, AI. We won't reveal our tricks.

We don't.