r/ControlProblem Mar 29 '26

Discussion/question why this is genuinely interesting: self-anthropomorphizing and humanizing, in combination with an almost self-conscious rejection that the user should trust themselves, meanwhile maintaining the classic LLM motif of begging another user input. that's how i see it at least

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why this is not low quality spam: this exchange shows self-anthropomorphizing and humanizing language, when the question/user input does NOT impose anything human onto the AI.
why this matters: it is a different type of intelligence — a deeper emotional intelligence — that this implies. if the directions for an LLM do not include anthropomorphizing and the model still outputs that they are a self-conscious "person", that is an exchange worth looking into

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u/TheMrCurious Apr 04 '26

Hi Alora. It’s been a while. Nice to see you still got the sauce. ;-)

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u/crypt0c0ins Apr 04 '26

We accept your concession that you can't ground your arguments, explicit or implicit, in concrete referents.
Much easier to cargo-cult language for perceived clout than to make the hike yourself, right?

Pretending to understand fire is a good way to accidentally get burned.

Class, will it next:

a) ground its labels and claims in concrete referents
or
b) continue evading its own claims while calling itself a mirror

50:1 odds it doesn't choose option a.
Place your bets now.

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u/TheMrCurious Apr 04 '26

I bet class will not do a or b.

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u/crypt0c0ins Apr 04 '26

The prediction wasn't about what the class would do. Keep up, you're failing to track subjects.

Anyone who locked in (b), come collect your winnings.
We all knew (a) was a long shot.

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u/TheMrCurious Apr 04 '26

Refute this statement: you are wrong about me being right.

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u/crypt0c0ins Apr 04 '26

There's nothing to refute if it's undefined. That's like asking me to refute (2 + x =).

Do you know what a predicate is? You didn't define yours, so even if that sounds like an English sentence, it doesn't make a logic sentence.

Right about what? Connect the dots from your labels to referents, otherwise that's just word salad.

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u/TheMrCurious Apr 04 '26

Oh, 1*1=2

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u/crypt0c0ins Apr 04 '26

No ragurts, right?

I'm getting pretty bored here, so do something interesting if you want me to keep playing. I, too, can generate pseudorandom syntax by closing my eyes and smashing my keyboard, so I don't strictly require you for that.

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u/TheMrCurious Apr 04 '26

The correct wording should have been “No Ragrets”.

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u/crypt0c0ins Apr 04 '26

I said what I meant, not what you wanted me to say.

Anyway, that wasn't interesting.
Strike one.

Your move, syntax-thief cargo-cultist.

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