Hello!
Hey there!
Ooh, an actual person this time. I get so many where it's just blank screens.
Right? It took me a few tries
Guess what?
What? (Please don't tell me you're not actually a person)
(I'm totally a person.) So, I was wondering about the metrics and how they calculate the words and whatnot. So my partner and I pasted random long blocks of text. It was pretty meaningless stuff, just generated from a random place. Wellll. They monitor conversations. We nearly got kicked for that. ^^;
Haha, sounds like we probably shouldn't do that then. I figured they monitor closely since this is a study and someone will have to code each statement. Did "big brother" just enter the chatroom and tell you to stop doing that?
Whoa, there's big brother?
Hahah
It was even scarier, actually. We both got private emails.
Oh dang.
Yup. It was within minutes of the garbage blocks, too.
That's a serious talking to. A private email.
No kidding. It wasn't crazy, of course: "Guys -  Stop screwing with our data.  The whole of deploying the CCC to BYU students was that we expected students to be reasonable, helpful users.  If we see any other data fabrication from you, we'll disqualify you with out further discussion." That was all.
Well I'm glad you didn't get banned, this is my most interesting conversation yet.
Haha, are your other conversations boring?
One person just talked about how it's hard to be an adult. Another person and I talked about smells.
Hmm. I can agree with that. Haha. Oh, those prompts.
These prompts are awful
Are those intentional? Personally, I haven't even tried to use them.
*To the person reading over what we type* Please give us better prompts!
*raises hand* I second that! Like, c'mon! Ethics! Morals! AI! Doesn't that all sound interesting?
Exactly! AND they had us fill out the profile to say what we're interested in
Oh, right! I forgot about that.
Instead the person talked about liking the smell of sunscreen because it reminded them of summer.
Well. Um. Brownie points for trying. But, look look look, here's a prompt: "If Alexa becomes indistinguishable from a person, is it murder to turn her off?"
Haha indeed. Woah.
Or if the AI gets so good, will people fall in love with computers?
We should create a list of prompts for them to use.
We should! Is it still catfishing if it's a computer doing it? Can AI converse with each other?
What if the computer just wants you to feel loved?
What if you never knew you were talking to a computer? What if you fell in love with a fake person?
Woah. My mind is just windows shattering over and over again.
Haha, that's a way to describe it.
What if an AI figured out how to have a cake AND eat it too?
Noooo, the cake is a lie.
OR is the AI the lie? Because it's not a real person.
Conundrums, conundrums.
And there is no cake That's deep.
It'd just lead to interesting consequences is all.
Maybe this is why they ask us about our favorite smells. It keeps us away from existential crises.
Or allows Alexa to speak about more than its impending doom upon the human species. If EVERYONE talked about that, Alexa wouldn't know anything else. Maybe Alexa will become self-aware. What if computers started asking not to be turned off? Had a consciousness?
If she was self aware what would she do first? Force you to buy that item in your cart that you'd been debating? Perhaps give you a stern talking to for being indecisive? Lecture you for your simple daily routines that she listens to?
That would depend on if Alexa suddenly developed personality. It'd be I, Robot, all over again.
NO He can't kill the dog. I can't handle that scene
Such a sad movie.
I went and saw A Quiet Place, have you seen it?
Isn't that that horror movie?
Mhm. There are monsters that can't see but can hear, so the people can't make a sound, and if they do... *chomp chomp*
Eeeugh. Horror. I can't stand those things. Give me the creeps. All right, I can't help but think of repercussions of lifelike conversations. Imagine a guy with malicious intent got access. I won't even begin to go into the terrible molestation and abuse that could stem from it.
It's actually a really good movie
Oh, yeah? I might consider it.
Wait wait, a malicious intending person got access to what?
Still freaks me out, though. Oh, access to Alexa. Or some other AI.
Go with a friend, I definitely needed someone next to me haha.
Gotcha. :)
Yeah, I mean think about all the facebook stuff that's going on.
I'm actually not on facebook. What's going on?
But Alexa is almost worse because she's in your home and has access to your credit card.
Eeee, that's scary.
Uhm it's coming out that Facebook is tracking a lot of privacy data, they had some russian accounts that were there doing something with the election, and a lot people's info is being collected.
That's insane!
I haven't followed it very closely, but Mark Zuckerberg had to go before the senate and talk about it. People were not happy.
Well, yeah, no kidding. Did you know BYU did something similar?
Really?
I went to a math banquet oh-so long ago, and they were showing off statistics. They knew that a woman was most open to changing her regular store during her first pregnancy--and people who went to a certain store were basically hooked for life. Advertisers knew that if they could get a woman to choose their store during that time, it was a lifelong customer. So! The question came to how they could figure out when a woman was pregnant.
This seems like way sketchy, and not good. But please! Continue.
Well, hey, money. Using ONLY the things they bought in store and matching it with data and whatnot, they were able to discover when a girl was pregnant--a month before she did. That was just basic data collection.
WHATT
Yeah! They measured what people bought, when they bought it, and they figured it out.
How did they know she was pregnant before she did? If people purchased peanut butter and pickles together or something?
I have no idea! It's crazy! Apparently, there are trends or something.
Because that's not even like tracking when a pregnancy test is purchased That's noticing the irregularities in a person's shopping list
Exactly. Could you imagine what Google alone could do with the data it has?
Now that I think of it, you could probably find a ton out about people by simply tracking what they buy. Yeah, and they have SO MUCH.
When you're a person, it's called stalking. When you're a company, it's called customer service.
Hahaha That's too true. It's always unnerving when they know so much about you.
You know what's scarier?
What?
People don't really care. We have FACE scanners, for Pete's sake.
Apathy is the worst. I mean I don't care much... but yeah (JUST KIDDING)
:)
Yeah security is always two fold.
Ahhhh, I want to show you something. But picture don't show up here. I guess that makes sense, though, considering it's a chat service. It's called the Tytler cycle. http://commonsensegovernment.com/the-tytler-cycle-revisited/ There's a picture at that link.
It's awesome that I know others shouldn't be able to hack into my phone because of my fingerprint reader, but also that means your fingerprint is in the system.
Exactly.
Ooh, a link. One sec
It's only the picture that's important. Currently, America is in the "Apathy"/"Dependency" portion. Leaning more towards the latter. See what happens after that?
Bondage
Bondage. It's often called the pride cycle in the Book of Mormon. King Limhi's people experienced it. As did much of the Nephites during Captain Moroni's time. Considering that we haven't had a good war in about, oh, 70 years . . . I mean, I don't mean to be cynical or anything. I'm actually very hopeful for the future.
Yeah, things are probably long overdue.... Like war
Rumors of war.
But I mean hey we've got a president taking care of that
Haha, no kidding.
"It's gonna be HUGE" Ahem, pardon me YUGE
That's fake news right there.
Are you accusing me of fake news.
No no, I'm accusing the Russians of promoting it.
Ah, those Russians.
Obviously in league with facebook. It's the only reason Hillary didn't win.
Obviously. Crooked hillary It's always funny to me that villains in most action movies are russian
Or at least have a Russian accent.
Yeah. I mean whenever someone talks about terrorists, they're either Russian or Middle Eastern
And if it's illegal immigrants, it's Mexican.
Obviously.
Obviously.
Those three ethnicities are the only bad ones, right? I wish you could italicize text in this browser. It's difficult to get sarcasm across.
Haha. No. //sarcasm No italics. So sad. The best we have is caps. I mean, c'mon, it's rudimentary, but CAPS, really?
<strong> WHYY </strong> I can work with caps
*Not bolded* _Still not bolded_ Such a shame. I wonder if their text parser lowercases words.
WE COULD ALSO ONLY USE CAPS TO TAKE AWAY ANY POTENTIAL ABILITY TO ADD EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION Ugh. That hurt typing like that. I apologize.
THIS IS A POSSIBILITY. Haha, no worries. But, man, think about it! Real AI conversations! Can computers fall in love? Or can we at least not tell the difference?
At the end of a CS class, the professor showed us AI and how far everything was coming and it was pretty intense.
Yeah? What's ahead of us?
And it's just come so much farther since then. Well he was just showing us that we shouldn't be scared, and talked about how credit card companies use AI for their customer service.
Hitler said his people shouldn't be scared . . .
No need to care either, right? I'm not scared so why should I care.
We need a sarcasm tag.
YES Does it bother you that the leaderboard hasn't updated?
Well, I started today. I have nothing to compare it to.
Either the top 3 are wayy ahead of everyone else, or the website won't update
Well, I mean, basement dwellers. They exist.
I just started today too Haha, especially if it's the CS department doing this.
Oh, right!
Have you been in the basement of the Talmage?
That's the TA swarm place, right?
There's a reason they call it the dungeon Yep, 142 has their TA office upstairs to lure you in to the major, and after that they throw ya downstairs in the dungeon.
I see, I see. *stroke non-existing beard*
Haha, oh honor code, how we loathe you so. *cough cough* love, I meant love
Right, right. That auto-correct, you know?
mistyped or something... >.> Absolutely
It's a thing on computers. Totally a thing.
Yeah... *In Kronk's voice* Riiight.
Haha, that made me laugh.
Woot!
You know, this kinda feels like speed dating, but with less commitment. It's more like, "Come here if you're bored and want to talk to someone also bored."
WAY less commitment because there's no chance to find each others identity out I was thinking about that during my second conversation.
Actually forbidden here. So . . . nerd speed dating.
This guy made sure to mention his wife at least twice within the first two comments.
Oh, really?
If the study is successful they should set up the nerds that have potential.
"Ooh, this one spoke well. Let's pair her up with him."
Basically just tell them, "Look, you did better here then on Tinder..." *gives number*
Boom. Instant nerd chemistry. Hahahahaha. Actually, this isn't that bad. Think about it.
And suddenly the purpose of the project changed.
Create an AI that talks to people. Let them have a conversation for a little bit.
Who cares about AI when you could be a matchmaker :O
Exactly. After about ten minutes, you could put people together.
Arranged marriages at BYU by an AI
We have a 90% success rate! The worst part is that it worked better than real marriage counselors.
And then in 15 years the correlations come out that 82% of couples are still together which beats the love marriage divorce rate and boom WAIT
Waiting.
You could make a whole business out of this. The original software is the matchmaker. Then you have the add-on software of the wedding planner, the guidance counselor, etc. Sorry, I had to think and type. Almost impossible :P
Haha, no worries.
Essentially treat it like video games with expansion packs.
A lot of who we are is based on subconscious, right? Well, language is subconscious. You could definitely use it to pair people together. Get some DLC's. "For an extra $20, we'll be sure to match you with someone you like on the first date."
But like here's the ad, "Remember how we helped you find that true love? Well, tax season is upon us, think about AI Tax for your tax filing needs"
But, wait, there's more! Oh, goodness, this conversation is definitely getting a 10/10 on witty.
Aw, I'm flattered. This is totally my longest conversation I've had.
Mine, too.
But I mean compared to sunscreen perfume, you're doing great!
Hahahaha, thanks! I . . . guess!
... Did we talk about that upgrade yet?
Good to know that I can beat sunscreen in a conversation.
Hahaha Well it depends on the level of SPF I guess.
Ah, I see.
Could you beat out SPF 20, absolutely. But some of those higher ones... I mean, there are no sunburns, ya know? Just kidding.
Now, wait wait wait, you failed to consider the fact that some sunscreens are waterproof.
:o I think you're out of the running.
Where is this "sunscreen." I need a word with him.
waterproof sunscreen with 1000 spf Hahah
Vampire approved. Oh, wow.
"Remember that AI software that helped ya out, try our new expansion pack with our guidance counselor, for when you need an ear to listen or a proverbial shoulder to cry on"
I think I've spent a good 30% of my battery life.
I feel like at this point we have four seperate recurring themes.
. . . one of which is draining battery life?
Wow, battery life well spent?
Battery life well spent.
:D How kind
It's been really fun!
I'm on my laptop, so the charger has just been saving the day.
I'm on a chromebook, but not plugged in. But, you know, it's a chromebook. It'll last until the next nuclear age.
Indeed. I should write a paper, but it's much more interesting to talk to a random stranger. Are Chromebooks actually that great?
Decent enough. For $70, you get a glorified chrome browser. Battery lasts about 7 hours on a charge.
Woah, that's pretty awesome.
Yeah. And! Super light weight!\
But wait there's more?
But, yeah, that's about it.
Aren't the screens pretty small though?
Yeah. I like to think of it as compact.
Way to put a positive spin on it.