Anatomy of a social network
tag > Culture
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Predicting results of social science experiments using large language models
GPT-4 simulates people well enough to replicate social science experiments with high accuracy. Note this is done by having the AI prompted to respond to survey questions as a person given random demographic characteristics & surveying thousands of "AI people" (author thread)
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In the past few weeks, we hosted a 15-year-old family member from Japan who was addicted to his phone, regularly spending 10 hours a day on games. After some intense time in nature together, he surprisingly lost interest in his phone. This change gives me real hope for humanity.
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"Anti-homeless architecture" perfectly symbolizes a militarized culture that prioritizes profit over people.
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AI Girlfriend engagement time estimates, by a leading tech bros.
My Comment: Talking to an AI for 21h/week (3h/d) is weird today. Talking with loved ones (spouse, children, parents, friends) for 12h/week, is the US average today.
Talking to an AI for 21h per week will be normal tomorrow. Talking with loved ones for 1h per week, will be the US average.
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"Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy." --Franz Kafka
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Mitakuye Oyasin (All Are Related) is a phrase from the Lakota language. It reflects the world view of interconnectedness held by the Lakota people of North America.
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"Science progresses one funeral at a time" - Planck's principle - hence, if you really care about science, you know what you must do...
"All revolutionary leaders, though they fervently preach change, know that people cannot change. Unlike Moses they have neither a handy desert nor the patience to wait forty years. Hence the purges and the terror to get rid of the grown-up generation." - Eric Hoffer
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You can be sure you're dealing with a absolutely depraved, malevolent, and twisted individual when they are an outspoken opponent of garden gnomes. Sadly, the empire is full of such cases.
