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Yud follows up Sammy Boy's AI-Generated "Metafiction" (awful.systems)
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XCancel: https://xcancel.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1900247885142434220

Context: https://xcancel.com/sama/status/1899535387435086115

If I had a nickel for every "metafictional" "short" "story" a promptbro shat into existence on Twitter, I'd have two nickels. That's not much, but its two nickels too fucking many.

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[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If someone asked me to write a metafictional short story, I would simply not.

I consider this a valuable lesson from my college education.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If someone asked me to write a metafictional short story, I would simply not.

Six word metafictional story:

“Write a metafictional short story.”

“No.”
[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 11 points 1 week ago

Going to write an llm that in 5% of the cases tell people asking the question 'no' or starts to argue with them. Just to mess with the "it is self aware" people.

(Im kidding here, it would ruin those peoples mental health, and as people would not believe you after you reveal the trick (see ELIZA), it would make our own lives worse).