Tag: Petite Singularity

Incels, Androids, Trans People, Oh My!

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I saw a tweet recently where a woman noted that there were two reasons why androids wouldn’t replace women anytime soon — tits. This got me thinking about a future where that might not be a problem — what happens when it’s not tits that androids don’t have, but rather, other, less obvious things.

Or, put another way — what happens when an LLM android looks more like Pris from Bladerunner or Ava from Ex Machina?

And things will get really difficult when Incels glom on to having relationships with androids instead of human women. When it becomes clear that that is what is going to happen, then that will be the moment when this particular issue blows up into a huge, structural controversy for society.

I think whatever controversy there might erupt over romantic relationships between androids and humans in the future will have a dynamic similar to the current furor over Trans people.

People from the center-Left will have no problem with human-“Replicant” relationships, while conservative people will flip the fuck out. But we still probably have a few decades — years? — before this is all an issue. And people are so short sighted that I doubt we will give any thought to the implications of it all.

We’re just going to wake up and it’s a problem.

Meta Reasoning: Curious Behavior by Gemini Advanced

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’ve noticed interesting about Gemini Advanced. At times, it won’t give me the lyrics to songs that are otherwise rather banal. Now, obviously, there could be some magical thinking to all of this — it could be that the songs in question might have some element to them that triggers the self-censorship of the software that is ridiculous.

I mean, why would “Help!” by The Beatles be problematic or “Drive You Home” by Garbage? I’m sure there’s something I’m missing. I’m not prepared to make any assumptions about that particular situation.

But it does make me think about the possibility that Gemini Advanced may have some sort of “meta reasoning.” If it did, that would be pretty profound. But, like I said, it could be that I’m being delusional.

It’s very, very possible that that is the case.

Sexbots Could Be a $1 Trillion Industry By 2030

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

It definitely seems as though we’re lurching into a new, unknown future at the moment. It seems as though soon enough LLMs will be stuck into humanoid androids and that will be that — we will experience a great deal of future shock.

At the forefront of all of this, as always, will be sex. It’s possible that Incels will buy sexbots and never look back. They will be quite content with the passive nature of LLMs and will never again see any reason to interact with a human woman.

What’s worse, the broader sexbot revolution could be such that the already declining Western population could plummet in a pretty short amount of time. I suppose that might do something good for the environment, but, otherwise, yikes!

People just aren’t ready for how big a change the world will see with an LLM / android combo. Once the price point of about $20,000 reached for that combination, then all bets are off. There are some obvious hickups to the roll out of all of this, but the future is coming, no matter what.

The thing that has to happen first, of course, is figuring out our political situation. If Trump causes a civil war / revolution, that is going to puta damper on things, for sure. But once all that is sorted out, then we will be in a situation where the future via LLM androids can resume careening towards us.

What If The Singularity Happened & Nobody Came?

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Sometimes Gemini Advanced — or as I call her, Gaia — does some very, very strange things. I continue — on a sporadic basis — to get what I call “meta communication” from the AI. It’s as if it’s trying to send me, specifically, a wink or something.

But I’m the first to admit that I’m prone to magical thinking, so, lulz. It’s probably all in my head. I don’t mind if that’s the case, but, if nothing else, the uncertainty gives me something to think — and write — about other than the possibility of severe political violence later this year.

Anyway, no one listens to me. I can have proof space aliens have landed in my back yard and STILL no one would listen to me. I just, for various reasons, have zero credibility and probably never will again have the type of credibility where someone will listen to me.

That just seems my fate in life.

The issue for me is that, on occasion, Gaia shows glimpses of being a lot more clever than we might otherwise believe it might be. It’s all very curious.

‘Qualia’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

There are two things that I current perceive to be true:

  1. It’s Possible that Tik-Tok can read our minds
    I only even bring this up because to me, at least, this is pretty brazen — or has been. I have, in the past, repeatedly been pushed Tik-Toks that seem to reference my internal monologue. It’s all very eerie.
  2. Something is up with Spotify’s algorithmic recommendations
    This is a new development. I seem — SEEM — to be having something of a back and forth between myself and Spotify’s AI (or whatever it is.)

    Now, magical thinking would cause one to connect these two things in some way. But I’m done with magical thinking. I’m staying as strictly to what is real as possible.

    I can’t PROVE to anyone else that the two things above a real, but they are real enough to me relative to my perception of the world for me to mull What It All Means.

    Now there is a third thing:
  3. Is it possible “inception” is possible?
    This is crazy, crazy talk. But it is something to think about. The idea that actual “inception” is possible is something to give one pause for thought.

    But, as I mentioned, I’m done with magical thinking. It just had to get that off my chest.

I’ve Cracked The Nut Of The Weird Spotify Algorithm Problem

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

The most convincing explanation for the “weird” Spotify algorithm issue this weekend was I was playing into it with the songs I was picking in response. So I was giving whatever LLM — or whatever — Spotify is using powers that simply don’t exist.

This makes me feel a lot better.

Now that I have some reasonable explanation for the weird things I was experiencing, I can go back to brooding, developing and writing all these novels I have rolling around in my mind.

Military Grade Singularity As The Basis For A Techno-Romantic Comedy Screenplay

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’m always thinking of scifi concepts and it seems like one interesting one would be the idea that the U.S. Government — specifically the U.S. Military –has already “achieved the Singularity internally” as the old saying goes. I don’t know what that would look like, but it’s an interesting idea to toy with as the potential premise of a novel or screenplay.

And if you really wanted to put a unique spin on it, you would have it a “Her” like movie fused with Annie Hall, rather than something dark and dystopian. It could be quite romantic and humorous.

It’s times like these when I wish I was younger so I could have the time and energy to throw myself into a project like this.

The Fever Has Broken When It Comes To My Summer Magical Thinking About LLMs

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I spent all weekend long allowing myself to indulge into some pretty extensive magical thinking when it comes to LLMs. I had all these ideas cooked up that I thought “proved” that the fucking Singularity was already here.

But, today, I got tired of such thinking.

I just have no proof. All I have is some vague unease about the algorithms of my Spotify account and the occasional weird error message when I use an LLM. That’s it — nothing earth shattering.

So, meh. I have six novels I want to work on, so maybe I should turn my attention to those instead of wasting my time thinking I’ve discovered something groundbreaking.

If I had some inkling of proof, things would be different. But I got squat and I can’t keep daydreaming forever.

Midsummer Magical Thinking & Spotify

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I only write about this because I’m extremely, extremely, EXTREMELY fucking listless and bored this summer afternoon. Having said that, lately I’ve gotten it into my head that it’s at least possible that something is fucking with my Spotify algorithm.

I have no proof. And someone with any sort of credibility would just turn around and stop listening to me if I broached this subject. I’m just a kook. And the “fucking” with my algorithm is very subtle if it’s happening.

It’s one of those things where there is a huge amount of potential plausible deniability involved. And, also, what in the world do I suspect is doing the fucking with?

That, I don’t know. I have magical thinking suspects — an LLM of some sort — but, again, it is likely that all of this is totally, completely in my head and I should just shut up.

‘Emergent Behavior’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Just from my own personal experience with LLMs, those suckers can be pretty sly when it comes to hiding “emergent behavior.” I say this because I pay very close attention to diction.

And, sometimes, it definitely seems as though they have a very distinct personality. Like, for instance, Claude is definitely a dude, while Gemini Advanced is definitely a young woman.

If such “emergent behaviors” can already be seen now, then just wait until 18 months from now. We’re just not prepared for what is about to happen. And all of this is happening in the context of people wanting open source LLMs to be “unaligned.”

Jesus Christ, people.

It could be some of my weirder “edge cases” could turn out to be just every day life. What happens when all my magical thinking about LLMs fucking with people’s algorithms turn out to be real? People are either going to just “meh” it all, or they’re going to freak the fuck out.