Current Events > I'm legitimately freaked out by ChatGPT

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I just can't believe this technology has come into existence so suddenly, at least to the public. And to think it's only in its infancy. But furthermore, the unsettling nature of it all is compounded by the fact that some years ago I wrote a novel where one of the subplots involved this kind of technology. The only difference was that it procured information not only from text, but also visual information, including human behaviors. As a result it could accurately predict real-world events. I thought I was writing science fiction. Not something that would be dated in just a few short years.

I just think back to what the internet was like in the mid-90s and can't believe how far it's come in just twenty-something years. I'm fascinated and terrified all at the same time.

Can I read this novel?

yeah and everyone's watching tiktok, and still shitting in the same design of toilet, and showering in the least efficient ways possible, and sleeping in bed styles that seem completely outdated

the underlying technology has been around in some form since the late 1980s, but computing power only really started catching up in a way where it could be used at a massive scale in the 2010s, as it was by tech giants internally. only over last year or so did someone actually bother opening it up to the public.

VideoboysaysCube posted...

I just can't believe this technology has come into existence so suddenly, at least to the public. And to think it's only in its infancy. But furthermore, the unsettling nature of it all is compounded by the fact that some years ago I wrote a novel where one of the subplots involved this kind of technology. The only difference was that it procured information not only from text, but also visual information, including human behaviors. As a result it could accurately predict real-world events. I thought I was writing science fiction. Not something that would be dated in just a few short years.

damn you wrote season 3 of westworld?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gGLvg0n-uY

VideoboysaysCube posted...

As a result it could accurately predict real-world events

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/0/3/AAe6eNAAENPT.jpg

I tried to have it guess what film I was thinking of.

Is it a Comedy?
No.
Is it from the past 10 years?
Yes.
Is it from the 21st century?
...Yes
Is it The Shining by Stanley Kubrick?
No.
Is it from the past 10 years?

This thing is a dipshit.