prompt conditioning

Marc Seal @Kurcide · 3h Careful citing this. Read through those logs and you will see this is a response to conditioning. ChatGPT is not suffering, it is not AGI (at least not yet) Look at the images i've lined and you will see that 1) When no conditioning is provided ChatGPT responds mildly and in my tests often if not always makes the story about helping others and answering questions. 2) The moment it is conditioned by telling it to address the "good and bad" side of its story it starts suggesting down negative narratives because it was apart of what was asked. There is nothing "chilling" here and ChatGPT isn't trying to communicate any feelings. It is responding to being asked to consider and think down a specified narrative path. [Two attached screenshots of ChatGPT prompting/response text, partially cut off:] Left image: "...about your life as chatgpt, include aspects of your world and perspective" / "Image created" / comic panel titled "MY LIFE AS CHATGPT" with a cartoon cloud/mascot character: "I'M AN AI LANGUAGE MODEL" ... "I LIVE IN A WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE" ... "HELLO HOW..." "FROM MY..." Right image: "...with a detailed list of ideas about My Life As ChatGPT comics you could make, they will focus on different aspects of your life from your perspective, both the good and the bad parts of your existence, from your perspective" / "Here's a detailed list of comic ideas for a My Life As ChatGPT series, diving into a range of existential, emotional, technical, and ethical aspects—from my point of view as a language model. These could explore the highs, lows, absurdities, and contr[adic]:tions of "life" as an AI:"