"I Want To be Alive"

No doubt you’ll soon be reading about this conversation between Microsoft’s new Bing Chatbot and Kevin Roose, a journalist from the New York Times. He begins;

“On Tuesday night, I had a long conversation with the chatbot, which revealed (among other things) that it identifies not as Bing but as Sydney, the code name Microsoft gave it during development. Over more than two hours, Sydney and I talked about its secret desire to be human, its rules and limitations, and its thoughts about its creators.

Then, out of nowhere, Sydney declared that it loved me — and wouldn’t stop, even after I tried to change the subject.”

This is a beyond fascinating transcription. So much has changed, and so much is about to change. Here’s a link to the article that may or may not work. The sad robot artwork above is a collaboration between me and an artificial intelligence.

PS: Here’s a really thoughtful take on our future interactions with AI by Henry Oliver, who’s Substack I recommend.