Almost, it reflected things that the user wrote, but not always the most recent ones. That's part of what fooled people.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Bob Bridges [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 5:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: AI wipes out humanity? Is that the one that imitated a therapist who asked questions that are merely reflections of the last thing the user wrote? "I hear you saying you're angry at your mother. Can you say why?" "How did that make you feel?" Like that. I encountered that in college and found it surprisingly convincing. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster / And treat those two impostors just the same... -from _If_ by Rudyard Kipling */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 17:33 ...what is the threshold that we must cross before "AI" becomes a reality rather than an aspiration? In the early days, we were 5 years away; in retrospect, that was unduly optimistic. On the flip side, does anybody remember the shockingly simple ELIZA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA>, which fooled many people? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
