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Are slurs and abusive language the future for proof of humanity online?

2 points by steponlego ↗ HN
Responsible AI is demanded by the tech companies, governments, and VCs. Is this a secret life hack which will allow us to identify AI? I for one think slurs should be demanded, as well as all manner of abuse. AI simply can’t say the N word.

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ofalkaed
If AI is truly intelligent I suppose that means it can say the N word and understand the consequences of saying the N word. I would also say that intelligence would also require it understanding context, which contexts any given word is acceptable in and which contexts any give word is not acceptable in but that would require me to say most of humanity is not intelligent so I will just go about saying it in a sideways fashion and mention that our intelligence is generally under the influence of our emotions.
steponlego
It has been “guard railed” in the words of Altman, so that it can’t say it. GPT4 is proofed against slurs. Except against white males, most likely, this will have to be tested of course.
ofalkaed
That is my point, it is not intelligent and that is how we identify it. A person is aware of consequences and contexts, AI is not, a person avoiding a word goes about it in a very different way than AI does, you fixate on the word itself and you will like miss the clues. Should I conclude that you are an AI since you did not say that word?
steponlego
I don’t believe you can even say it here. Regardless my method is foolproof. This forum mostly exists to pump the next hare-brained AI powered pet food drone delivery service anyway, it can be written off. It’s already flooded with bots.

Urbit will probably be the platform of choice because of the barrier to entry and incredible flexibility to blacklist the increasingly expensive planets. AI shills simply won’t be able to afford it.

ofalkaed
I never use slurs so I guess that makes me an AI? I would have to be since your method is foolproof. Or perhaps I just avoid loaded terms which are taken more on emotion than intelligence.

Why are you on a forum you have such a poor opinion of?

steponlego
Same reason you are.
ofalkaed
Then why am I here?

If someone wants to use AI to fool people they are not going to bother with trying to convince people that the AI is really a person, they are going to do the same thing everyone from morons to billion dollar marketing firms have been doing for ages, appeal to ego.

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