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In reply to the discussion: AI Safety Red Alerts [View all]

snot

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12. I saved copies,
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:47 PM
Feb 11

but for the sake of my privacy, would rather not share them here. But fwiw, in the most recent test, the AI knew who I am but thought I was dead; in another within the last year, the AI stated that Assange was extradited to the U.S. (he wasn't); and in another, the AI offered a long, bull-sh*t discussion of renowned literary theorist Cleanth Brooks' analysis of paradox in Macbeth, and only after extensive further probing from me, finally admitted that it had in fact never "read" anything written by Brooks.

I don't mind so much that AI's get things wrong; what freaks me out is that they pronounce their erroneous conclusions with such certainty. You have to either fact-check every single detail or not rely on their answer at all.

That said, I realize they may be better in some areas.

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