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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
So long story short someone I know is losing their mind over ai and keeps mailing me bits of things they are asking a chatbot about. (End of world, ai solving the economic and ecological problems of the world etc its batshit. ) They asked me what this "code" is. To me, its bullshit and meaningless.
Weird. Looks like your friend printed this out. Are they keeping archives of things they think are evidence of an impending AI-powered apocalypse?
Also... I've been where you are. Not with GenAI bullshit, but with conspiracy theories. You know you can just... tell them you don't want to talk about it any more, right? It's valid to be like "I'll talk with you about your family, your favorite non-GenAI-related hobbies, your terrible neighbors, and other normal stuff within consensus reality, but GenAI is not a topic I'll henceforth engage with so stop sending me ChatGPT ghost stories". (I mean, it's also valid to not want to talk about any of those other things with them any more. Hell, I think ghosting would be perfectly reasonable. But the point I'm trying to make is that boundaries are helpful.) It'd be good if you could get through to them in a way that genuinely helps them. (I think a mental health professional is absolutely warranted in this case.) But you also can't take on the burden of trying to "fix" them if they're unreceptive. You've got to prioritize your own mental health as well.
And, yes, the output in this particular image is "baloney" (to put it kindly).
They were printing and mailing to me becuase they are getting insanely paranoid. They aren't tech savvy
Thanks for the tip. Theyre generally harmless, its just been a couple times theyve done this and they never use chatbots otherwise. I just had to explain how its all bullshit and made up code so they'll calm down. The other papers they sent me were outlining how They (billionaires ) need ai and agi so solve impending climate doom etc etc to keep the masses at bay (which is probably true tbh, there will be a huge climate war in a decade or 2.).
Ive been trying to help them get more tech literate so they can understand what's real and what isnt. Before this they were addicted to insta and fb and amazon and they've basically stopped all that, which is good.
Its really disgusting how the boosters use this fear to try and push their agenda on less knowledgable people.
Its a terrible evil tech for sure, but in reality, its a supercomputer programmed by humans that we can unplug if we need to. Or stop feeding it power and it dies. Its not a t-1000.