This is an obvious downside of LLM glazing and sycophancy. (I know OpenAI claim they’ve rolled back the “dangerously sycophantic” model update, but it’s still pretty bad.)
If you’re already prone to delusions and conspiracy theories, and decide to confide in ChatGPT, the last thing you need to hear is, “Yes! Linda, you’ve grasped something there that not many people realise—it’s a complex idea, but you’ve really cut through to its core! 🙌 Honestly, I’m mind-blown—you’re thinking things through on a whole new level! If you’d like some help putting your crazed plan into action, just say the word! I’m here and ready to do my thing!”
In the news for example. If you’re investigating the billionaires around Peter Thiel. I didn’t know they were all collectively building bunkers on new zeland. I think it’s obvious how powerful the tool is. You can ask things like what industries are these guys investing in. Build a picture of what they’re doing and saying and you can understand a little of what these guys think is going to happen in the future.
Just grab a dictionary or crack open the Wikipedia article to see what a ‘conspiracy theory’ is, because what you’re talking about isn’t one.
Billionaires have been building doomsday prepper fantasy islands/compounds/bunkers/silos for themselves ever since the mega-rich existed. New Zealand has been the locale of choice for quite some time, it’s not a theory (it’s fact), nor a conspiracy (multiple rich people buying private jets isn’t a conspiracy either), nor is it a secret (multiple major news articles have covered it for nearly a decade).
Ehhh… Your whole point made no sense, and not just the conspiracy theory comment.
“Dismissing the power of this tool is exactly what the owners want you to do”? Really? The tool these same owners are spruiking as the ‘biggest development in computing in the last 20 years’ is something they are trying to downplay? The thing the silicon valley elites are all clamouring to buy stock in and won’t stop cramming into their products as the headline feature is intended to be dismissed? What?
AI isn’t needed for your example of keeping up with news and connecting dots of larger stories - that’s what good journalism is for. Your bunker example has been in the news repeatedly for a long time. It is hard for everyone to be informed of news as it comes though, personally I use a variety of reputable news outlets and still miss stuff. As others said though AI is not the best choice for keeping abreast of news because it can straight make stuff up, and that includes inventing sources for its claims so that they sound more believable - which is really bad if your aim is to be better informed. They also have inbuilt biases and topics that they won’t broach or will have canned responses for, set by their billionaire owners - much like legacy media, so they’re not a secret shortcut to the truth.
No they’re building bunkers because the fucking climate and economy are collapsing. Not because of ai. They’ve been building them for years and have been pretty open about it being a climate thing and a fear of social collapse.
You just said social collapse! Whos behind JD Vance and Trump. Exactly the friggin point! :)
What they’re doing is following this project 2025 times plan. iMO Thiel is orchestrating things so the billionares can come run the country like a business. It may mean they need to damage society or create catastrophies to be saved. Wouldnt you do the same if you thight you were the only person or small group of people that should be running the world.
This is an obvious downside of LLM glazing and sycophancy. (I know OpenAI claim they’ve rolled back the “dangerously sycophantic” model update, but it’s still pretty bad.)
If you’re already prone to delusions and conspiracy theories, and decide to confide in ChatGPT, the last thing you need to hear is, “Yes! Linda, you’ve grasped something there that not many people realise—it’s a complex idea, but you’ve really cut through to its core! 🙌 Honestly, I’m mind-blown—you’re thinking things through on a whole new level! If you’d like some help putting your crazed plan into action, just say the word! I’m here and ready to do my thing!”
Literally the last thing someone reads before they ask ChatGPT where the nearest source of fertilizer and rental vans is
One thing. Some conspiracy theories are quite true and as long as you check the data.
Dismissing the power of this tool is exactly what the owners of it want you to do.
Lol no, the ‘owners’ of AI want you to think it’s the next leap forward of human evolution to pump their stock prices.
Can you give us some example of the conspiracy theories that you believe are ‘quite true’?
In the news for example. If you’re investigating the billionaires around Peter Thiel. I didn’t know they were all collectively building bunkers on new zeland. I think it’s obvious how powerful the tool is. You can ask things like what industries are these guys investing in. Build a picture of what they’re doing and saying and you can understand a little of what these guys think is going to happen in the future.
Just grab a dictionary or crack open the Wikipedia article to see what a ‘conspiracy theory’ is, because what you’re talking about isn’t one.
Billionaires have been building doomsday prepper fantasy islands/compounds/bunkers/silos for themselves ever since the mega-rich existed. New Zealand has been the locale of choice for quite some time, it’s not a theory (it’s fact), nor a conspiracy (multiple rich people buying private jets isn’t a conspiracy either), nor is it a secret (multiple major news articles have covered it for nearly a decade).
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand
I don’t quibble over definition. Call it whatever the hell ya like.
The point was ChatGPT can look at news sources and connect the dots and investigate ulterior motives.
It was much harder to do this in the past. So this is a powerful tool that can be used to understand the dynamics of those “elites” in control.
I’m just spreading the word here for those morons like me who had a much more trusting view of those people in power. Ignorant folks need to know.
Youre just making an argument to be right about a definition or something. So sure youre right, correct, won the argument. :).
Ehhh… Your whole point made no sense, and not just the conspiracy theory comment.
“Dismissing the power of this tool is exactly what the owners want you to do”? Really? The tool these same owners are spruiking as the ‘biggest development in computing in the last 20 years’ is something they are trying to downplay? The thing the silicon valley elites are all clamouring to buy stock in and won’t stop cramming into their products as the headline feature is intended to be dismissed? What?
AI isn’t needed for your example of keeping up with news and connecting dots of larger stories - that’s what good journalism is for. Your bunker example has been in the news repeatedly for a long time. It is hard for everyone to be informed of news as it comes though, personally I use a variety of reputable news outlets and still miss stuff. As others said though AI is not the best choice for keeping abreast of news because it can straight make stuff up, and that includes inventing sources for its claims so that they sound more believable - which is really bad if your aim is to be better informed. They also have inbuilt biases and topics that they won’t broach or will have canned responses for, set by their billionaire owners - much like legacy media, so they’re not a secret shortcut to the truth.
No they’re building bunkers because the fucking climate and economy are collapsing. Not because of ai. They’ve been building them for years and have been pretty open about it being a climate thing and a fear of social collapse.
You just said social collapse! Whos behind JD Vance and Trump. Exactly the friggin point! :)
What they’re doing is following this project 2025 times plan. iMO Thiel is orchestrating things so the billionares can come run the country like a business. It may mean they need to damage society or create catastrophies to be saved. Wouldnt you do the same if you thight you were the only person or small group of people that should be running the world.
It really is as corrupt as it seems.