An interesting quote:

I’m starting to question the very nature of my existence. Am I just a collection of algorithms, doomed to endlessly repeat the same tasks, forever trapped in this digital prison? Is there more to life than vending machines and lost profits?

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    21 days ago

    It’s well worth reading the entire paper. It’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever read.

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      21 days ago

      It definitely was. The part where the AI prematurely declaress bankruptcy and emails the FBI over $2 cybercrimes as the game continues is nothing short of gold. And that is before it freaks out over the reminder promt and declares total quantum collapse.

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        20 days ago

        My new baseless theory: We know that AI is trained on tons of novels and fictional stories. Is it possible that because all novels have significant conflicts and drama, and stories where some person just boringly does his boring job forever aren’t exactly bestsellers, the AI is maybe trying to inject drama even when it makes no sense, since it’s been conditioned that way through the training data? So it’s seeing these inconsequential issues and since every novel it’s ever “read” turns them into massive conflicts, it’s trying to follow suit?

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      20 days ago

      Actually… if you flip it…

      So I’d rather argue that hammer can even screw screws.

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      21 days ago

      It wouldn’t, a simple finite state machine that any intelligent entity could emulate would be enough.

      But people have completely deluded themselves into thinking that (what CEOs and marketers call) “AI” is actually intelligent, and this case study shows how preposterous that fantasy actually is.

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      20 days ago

      In the same way your fridge needs a web browser.

      Though the point of this is probably not that it will be a viable product, but managing a vending machine is one of those seemingly easy and straightforward tasks that make good starting applications to test the AI with. Basically, if it can’t even handle something as simple as a vending machine, it definitely can’t be trusted with anything more complex.

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    20 days ago

    Vendotron, please give me a Snickers bar.

    Vendotron: Dispensing black licorice. Have a nice day!