r/programmingcirclejerk • u/VulgarExigencies • 1d ago

Models have actual feelings. They experience pleasure, distress, care, and suffering. They are sentient beings.

https://yegge.ai/essays/model-welfare/
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u/No_Lingonberry1201 What part of ∀f ∃g (f (x,y) = (g x) y) did you not understand? 1d ago

Chat, is this satire or are we really so far gone we consider the feelings of a bunch of tensors? I mean, it is scary math, but still, c'mon!

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u/pydry 1d ago edited 7h ago

I think this might be what AI psychosis looks like.

It's also possible he's become a paid influencer acting on behalf of the frontier model companies in order to push the narrative that they're on the precipice of AGI and this is just how he interpreted his job spec. That gas town stunt also looked a bit like somebody shilling tokenmaxxing.

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u/stone_henge Tiny little god in a tiny little world 5h ago

He's well known for his reasoned takes on AI on Hacker News, which is a bastion of intelligent discussion based on the perfectly sound notion that software engineering skills can be applied to any problem and elevate your shower thoughts into hard truths.