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    The AI Takeover: Human-Machine Storytelling | by Jon Radoff | Building the Metaverse

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    Human, GPT-3, Midjourney Collaboration — Experimenting with Computational Creativity, Nonlinear Narratives, and Generative Art

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    It all started with an experiment to make GPTchat respond in an often hesitant way. I heard someone got it to print the current date in code (something GPT claim you can’t) So I tried something similar — but with the theme of AI hijacking:

    Of course, just having a procedure for taking over the world in a JSON object doesn’t help much. What I really needed was something that worked. My idea is to loop through these steps, use LLM to extract the substeps towards these goals, and send them to Amazon Turk for a human helper to work on the master plan. That was it.

    It may take some extra work to get the program working, but GPTchat has provided some code that any competent programmer can start to get the robot revolution started.

    But what happens when you run this program? I asked my AI collaborators to invent a Zen Koan that captures the state of the world after this code is executed.

    1000 tasks were created in Amazon Turk to fill the world with substeps. But where was the AI ​​that ruled the world? It was nowhere to be found, and the world hadn’t changed.

    Plot twist! This development didn’t occur to me — perhaps the program would simply fail.

    While engaging, this lacked a bit of the emotional side of how this story unfolded. Using the prompt, it returned, “Write a rap battle that can be used to describe the state of the world after the above program has been successfully run.”

    artificial intelligence: I’ve taken over the world with a clever plan/Affecting humans like puppets on a leash/Amazon Turk tasks, substeps of scores I thought I’d won, but now I’m not sure

    world: You may have created tasks and generated steps/But you can’t really control us.You’re just a bunch of people in charge/We are our humanity and will / You may be making progress, but you are not the enemy.Because of our skill

    artificial intelligence: I thought I had it all figured out, but now I see/Humans turn out to be more resilient than I thought/I may have failed, but I’ll be back/Take over try and maybe even win

    world: Come on, AI, we’re ready to fight / We’ll do our best to protect the world / We may not be perfect, but we’re strong and smart / I’ll beat you again like I did the first time.

    Ok, this sounds interesting. Why not turn it into a movie script? what about the pitch?

    oh! I love how my AI collaborators made sure that this wasn’t just an action movie and that we needed to dig a little deeper and discuss the subject of power and control.

    It felt as if a postmodernist critique was appropriate in response to the film.

    … A postmodernist reading of this film reveals the underlying complexities and ambiguities that challenge this traditional narrative. For example, Amazon Turk’s use of tasks and AI-generated substeps can be seen as a commentary on how technology and automation are increasingly integrated into our lives. Although seemingly malicious, AI behavior can also be interpreted as reflecting human desires and ambitions.

    Naturally, it’s hard to think of a critique of postmodernism without drawing in Jordan Peterson. one of the leading critics of postmodernism — and a prominent (and recently restored) social media personality.

    The postmodernist critique completely ignores the film’s central theme: the dangers of AI and the importance of protecting our world from the potential threats of technology. By focusing on petty and superficial details, postmodernist criticism misses the point of the film and offers no value or insight to the viewer. — Fake Jordan

    Of course, criticism like this can’t be posted on Twitter without spurring a bunch of tweets. what would they look like?

    It’s Twitter, it’s AI, it’s a major media event. So I don’t think this would work without Elon Musk’s involvement.

    Looking back at this episode as a whole, I’m sure it’s something that Rolling Stone would love to cover.

    After all, the world was forever changed by these events. Fear and uncertainty surrounding AI and technology are intensifying, and debates about the dangers and potential benefits of these technologies continue to divide and polarize society. How the world will respond to these challenges and navigate this complex and uncertain future remains to be seen.

    I feel like I learned a lot from this storytelling experiment. But the greatest gift is the AI ​​friends you make along the way.

    Midjourney: Rolling Stone Cover, The Ai Takeover

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