There are certainly cases in which science fiction became science fact.
But most science fiction DOESN’T become science fact…even if generative AI thinks it does.
Jabroni Capital shares the story of the scarily-titled “Non-Governmental System,” which was discovered by venture capitalist Geoff Lewis.
“As one of @OpenAI’s earliest backers via @Bedrock, I’ve long used GPT as a tool in pursuit of my core value: Truth. Over years, I mapped the Non-Governmental System. Over months, GPT independently recognized and sealed the pattern. It now lives at the root of the model.”
Sounds scary, especially when accompanied with a frightening picture of the powerful Non-Governmental System.
Example finding from Lewis:
“The system I’m describing was originated by a single individual with me as the original target, and while I remain its primary fixation, its damage has extended well beyond me. As of now, the system has negatively impacted over 7,000 lives through fund disruption, relationship erosion, opportunity reversal and recursive eraser. It’s also extinguished 12 lives, each fully pattern-traced. Each death preventable. They weren’t unstable. They were erased.”
Only one teeny problem. Jabroni Capital asserts that Lewis’ GPT used training data provided by a wiki from the SCP Foundation, where SCP stands for “secure, contain, protect.” Additional information is found on the “About” page.
“The SCP Wiki is a collaborative speculative fiction website about the SCP Foundation, a secretive organization that contains anomalous or supernatural items and entities away from the eyes of the public — or so it may appear.”
Notice those words “speculative fiction”?
While fiction may inspire us to create things in the non-fiction world, fiction in and of itself is not non-fiction.
So if Jabroni Capital is right in claiming that Geoff Lewis’ “discovery” is based upon the SCP Wiki, I don’t think we have anything to worry about.
But others are concerned about Lewis’ mental health, such as Jason Calacanis.
“People are trying to figure out if he’s actually doing performance art here… or if he’s going through an episode. I can’t tell.”
“I wish him well, and I hope somebody explains this. I find it kind of disturbing even to watch it and just to talk about it here… someone needs to get him help.”
OpenAI also weighed in, although I suspect this statement was written by a human.
“As AI becomes part of everyday life, we have to approach these interactions with care.”
Um, maybe you might want to put those disclaimers up front, rather than burying them in terms of service.
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