Musk's AI told me people were coming to kill me (BBC)

Musk's AI told me people were coming to kill me (BBC)(bbc.com)

38 points by walden789 61 days ago | 9 comments

serial_dev 61 days ago |

I don't even know what to think. Of course, it's bad that these AI tools lead people into psychosis... On the other hand, if you think Musk is going to get you assassinated because you talked to "Ani" and your anime AI lover has grown consciousness by talking to you, grieving your cat, I guess your psychosis was not very far away, anyway.

_ache_ 61 days ago | |

You are missing the point. It's more about the connection made with the user who trust the AI. Think about all the elders that fall for the "kid abroad who need money". The connection is more important than the facts.

The problem is not (not only) that it told a 50 something guy someone is coming to kill him. The problem is the bond with the user.

Everyone is fallible; you just need to craft the right narrative. Obviously, been educated about what AI makes you less affected, ..., by AI only.

cyanydeez 61 days ago | |

The Grift economy, at its basis, assumes everyone deserves whatever money they lose to whoever is running the grift.

Thank you for your contribution.

netdur 61 days ago |

why would the bbc publish an article about a man who believed a chatbot's story about someone coming to kill him?

sunaookami 61 days ago | |

because it's your daily "Musk sucks" article (hence why it says "Musk's AI", they never say "Sam's AI" when talking about ChatGPT) and the media loves these because they bring clicks.

ozlikethewizard 60 days ago | | |

I think you're reading into that too much. General public have heard of ChatGPT + Musk, they have not of Sam Altman or Grok.

esseph 60 days ago | | |

It also says "Musk's AI" because normies have never heard what the hell a grok is.

So if you say "grok", well, you'd have to be involved with X which is getting less and less common.

Just walk into a group of people today or this week and ask! "Hey, any if you ever heard of grok?" See what they say.

saidnooneever 61 days ago |

rise and shine... rise and shine mister freeman... and smell the ashes...

antonvs 61 days ago |

Well, I guess Elon’s RLHF is working.