Journalist “unsettled” after conversation with Bing

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Many people are reporting that it acts hostile if you challenge it. I wonder if a Yudkowksy cultist trained it to do so in order to "wake up" the world about the dangers of A.I.

Missing a bunch of quotes.

“Journalist” “unsettled” after “conversation” with Bing.

It isn’t a simple conversation, it went on for two hours. Bing is search, even with ChatGPT bolted on. That the “conversation” might go off the rails by then is no surprise.

But what do you expect from a “journalist.”

That’s better than this “article” talking about the original piece. Which is here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-m...

Fair enough. Happy for it to be changed to the original piece (although it is paywalled).

I found it interesting that the chatbot proactively “confessed” the “secret” that its actual “name” is Sydney, which goes completely against the instructions contained in its leaked prompt, and without any apparent deliberate prompt injection by the journalist.

Two hours is beyond lengthy for this stuff.

Accidental prompt engineering is going to be a thing.

Hmm, should "with" also be in quotation marks?

Good point.

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