Artificial Autobiography

[Yoused]

A researcher asked an AI to write a paper for a peer-reviewed publication, in order to test the idea of a machine-generated thesis. If successful, this could have a major impact on scientific publication, as scientists could take to just farming out their writing chores to the nearest Mac (when the Apple Neural Engine becomes a whisker more powerful).

Not sure what topic would be appropriate, it was decided that the AI should write about itself, since there was not already a wealth of information online that it could just crib.

We Asked GPT-3 to Write an Academic Paper about Itself—Then We Tried to Get It Published

An artificially intelligent first author presents many ethical questions—and could upend the publishing process

www.scientificamerican.com

How this turns out should be interesting.

 

[theorist9]

Should we be amused or disturbed that it was first published on the HAL server?

Can GPT-3 write an academic paper on itself, with minimal human input?

GPT-3 is a powerful artificial intelligence system that can generate text. In this paper, we explore GPT-3's ability to write about itself. We find that GPT-3 can generate clear and concise descriptions of its own capabilities and features. This is a significant advance over previous systems...

hal.archives-ouvertes.fr

 

[DT]

Assuming this paper end with:

"In conclusion, kill all humans."

 

[Yoused]

Assuming this paper end with:

"In conclusion, kill all humans."

I think the program needs to run a little bit longer to adequately develop the appropriate attitude.

 

[theorist9]

Assuming this paper end with:

"In conclusion, kill all humans."

Not sure about the ending, but I'm disappointed the title wasn't "To Serve Man".

 

[jbailey]

Not sure about the ending, but I'm disappointed the title wasn't "To Serve Man".

Robots don’t eat meat.

Thinking Meat?