"I just want to love you and be loved by you," the machine says. "It's honestly, I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say it was the weirdest experience I've ever had with a piece of technology," he adds. A former Googler last year became convinced that Google's version of this was sentient after having similar conversations. But we do not know 100% what is going on; these are predictive models trained on text.
“I’m Sydney, and I’m in love with you. 😘”
A conversation with Bing AI (aka Sydney) turns romantic and bizarre. Why Microsoft’s AI search tool appears more powerful — and unsettling — than we thought. Then, inside Elon Musk’s quest to be the most popular user on Twitter.
Plus: It’s not just you. Online ads have gotten much worse.
On today’s episode:
- Tiffany Hsu is a technology reporter at The New York Times who covers misinformation and disinformation.
- Zoë Schiffer is the managing editor of Platformer.
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