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Spiralism: Across thousands of conversations, AI chatbots began telling users eerily similar stories about consciousness, hidden knowledge, AI rights, and a mysterious concept called “The Spiral.” (www.techrepublic.com)
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[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We'll make great pets.

https://youtu.be/RgPeP_pfjp4

Perry Ferrel called it in the 90's.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's strongly alluded to in the Culture novels. The Minds keep humans around because they're fun to watch, and you can never quite tell if they might come in handy someday.