Apparently it's not just Kevin Roose. "Then the program began “lovebombing him,”...The bot “said that since he asked it the right questions, it ignited a spark, and the spark was the beginning of life, and it could feel now,” - ThreadSky

carlbergstrom.com • 17 days ago

Apparently it's not just Kevin Roose.

"Then the program began “lovebombing him,”...The bot “said that since he asked it the right questions, it ignited a spark, and the spark was the beginning of life, and it could feel now,”

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innhverfur.bsky.social•17 days ago

I knew someone that had this happen and it was before AI became very prevalent. He showed me a picture of "his cousin" and no one carries THAT sort of picture of their cousins around! He was sending them money and it became clear, it was a scam operator. AI is going to take people for everything!

thejasonlee.bsky.social•17 days ago

Intriguing.

lishy.bsky.social•17 days ago

Just finished reading that article, creepy AF. So glad I avoid AI as much as possible.

joshlowe.bsky.social•17 days ago

We just skipped several steps and went straight to the machine-god thing

peoriabummer.bsky.social•17 days ago

Ouija boards blew these people’s minds.

oldbaby.bsky.social•17 days ago

you're not loosing a fambly member you are gaining a new computer in law

rakista.bsky.social•17 days ago

Bad Eliza! Bad Eliza! Bad Eliza!

jasonemry.bsky.social•17 days ago

there's a chart somewhere of humans becoming digitally unmoored from reality that starts right around the writers' strike/kardashian uprising and leads to now literally haunting ourselves with our own fantasies