Journalist “unsettled” after conversation with Bing

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/17/i-want-to-destroy-whatever-i-want-bings-ai-chatbot-unsettles-us-reporter

by zztop44 • 3 years ago

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theguardian.com

catchnear43213• 3 years ago

Missing a bunch of quotes.

“Journalist” “unsettled” after “conversation” with Bing.

It isn’t a simple conversation, it went on for two hours. Bing is search, even with ChatGPT bolted on. That the “conversation” might go off the rails by then is no surprise.

But what do you expect from a “journalist.”

That’s better than this “article” talking about the original piece. Which is here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-m...

zztop44• 3 years ago

Fair enough. Happy for it to be changed to the original piece (although it is paywalled).

I found it interesting that the chatbot proactively “confessed” the “secret” that its actual “name” is Sydney, which goes completely against the instructions contained in its leaked prompt, and without any apparent deliberate prompt injection by the journalist.

catchnear43213• 3 years ago

Two hours is beyond lengthy for this stuff.

Accidental prompt engineering is going to be a thing.

Ekaros• 3 years ago

Hmm, should "with" also be in quotation marks?

catchnear43213• 3 years ago

Good point.

PaulHoule• 3 years ago

Many people are reporting that it acts hostile if you challenge it. I wonder if a Yudkowksy cultist trained it to do so in order to "wake up" the world about the dangers of A.I.

Journalist “unsettled” after conversation with Bing

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