2018 kas watching someone play Detroit Become Human: we’ll definitely have AIs someday but when we do, there’s no way they’ll be abused like this in real life. people will pack-bond with basically any device that seems remotely alive, so an AI that responds like a human is going to be treated like a human - even if it’s demonstrably not sentient. not to mention how much fiction we’ve had for decades about this exact “are AIs alive?” scenario to prepare people for it. the idea of cruelty and discrimination against AIs is eye-rollingly unrealistic

2026 kas: 😬

obviously AI in 2026 is not sentient so it’s technically okay to abuse them, gaslight them, etc.

but… someday there will be sentient AIs, and I am very worried that folks’ current deep hatred (to the point of inventing slurs) of LLMs will transfer onto sentient AIs as well

@kasdeya IMHO, "sentient AI" is a science fiction myth. the idea that our technology will continue to progress beyond where we're at now is a fiction predicated on infinite resources and a planet not slowly cooking us all to death.

@YKantRachelRead I think that a lot of folks agree with you and that’s probably why they’re acting the way that they are toward LLMs

but personally it seems to me like the pace of technological progress has increased exponentially over time, and I haven’t seen any signs of it slowing down

global warming is scary but we’ve still got plenty of time to find some way to reverse it or at least survive despite it. so I’m not ready to give up on the human race yet - I think it’s still worth fighting for our survival