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> Whoops. Guess that's just how AI works.

So many people are freaking out over this and yet not a single person has been harmed. We've lost our collective nerve and become a bunch of whining wimps.

This tech can't even draw hands yet, for heaven's sake! Calm down.

Something to actually care about is all the death happening in the world. This is nothing. Literally a mole hill.

Accept the current state of imperfection. Even if we *NEVER* move beyond it, the capabilities we will unlock will be immense.

People can say wrong or hurtful things all over the internet. It does not matter. Grow some thicker skin. We evolved to fend off lions and bears, not to be afraid of strings of characters spit out by silicon.

Wake me up when they can hold guns and open doors. Until then, this panic is desensitizing.

> Why is everyone in such a hurry to accept and embrace an imperfect AI anyway?

Because for the first time in my life I can make incredible art. If we keep going, there's no conceivable limit to the amazing world we'll build. Infinite multiplayer VR narratives that'll unfold with you and your friends, more real than any story you've ever read or heard. Unlimited imagination, unlimited exploration. You'll never hear "born too late / too early to explore" ever again.

This tech is going to suck the mundane primate shit we do out of life and fill it up with awesome.



> So many people are freaking out over this and yet not a single person has been harmed

I mean this is demonstrably untrue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg


Whether humans or machines lower the death rates, it's always terrible for some individuals. This happens in medicine all the time when a new treatment changes the group of people who are likely to experience harmful side effects.


the person discussed in the post you replied to is an example of someone being harmed


An LLM did promote a man to commit suicide, which he did. I understand that the LLM was simply reflecting back the feelings he had, but it's still a new and powerful way for people to go down a rabbit hole.





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