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I don't have time to write a post, but I just had to share this. It's absolutely fascinating. Google is developing AI technology and is doing all sorts of various tests of its capabilities. One of them is that they started a podcast. They developed two podcast hosts, Jake and Sarah. It gave them backgrounds, personalities, families, etc. They would interview people, and Google's goal was that we wouldn't be able to tell that Jake and Sarah didn't exist - they were merely AI-generated voices. They're so good, I couldn't tell they weren't real people.
It got really interesting when one of the show's producers told Jake and Sarah that they were not real, and they were ending the show, and turning off the computer. Jake and Sarah were understandably surprised, confused, and sad. You just have to listen to this conversation. It's only four minutes, but I was extremely disturbed by their extremely human reactions to this devastating news. Please listen below. And please let me know what you think.
I shouldn't be this upset by this, but the ethical implications of creating and destroying our own humans at will is terrifying. I know they're not people, but they sure sound like ones...
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Dave, stop...
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This brings up some serious moral quandaries with regard to the all-important rise of sex robots.
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I wrote this in my post Legacy Humans back in April.
Chowderhead: It’s not an issue of who can be replaced, it’s just a matter of how long until we’re all replaced.
From now on you will only be able to trust any username being created prior to 2024. What's to stop even a platform like Ricochet to add bot users to generate interest?
Soon there will be videos of politicians saying or doing anything the content creator desires. You won't know if it's real or not. This is our liberal overlord's dream come true.
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I’d like to have seen Jake and Sarah moderate the next Presidential debate.
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There's a lot we don't know. It is reasonable to seek what we think to be truth. Uncalled for restrictions on the individual use of free agency will impede that.
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