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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If both agents selected the same name, they earned a reward; if not, they received a penalty and were shown each other's choices. Agents only had access to a limited memory of their own recent interactions—not of the full population—and were not told they were part of a group. Over many such interactions, a shared naming convention could spontaneously emerge across the population, without any central coordination or predefined solution

Lol. The "central coordination" is provided by the humans who set this up. If people "reward" and "penalize" computers for making different choices, is there any surprise when they converge on the same choice?

Grifters gotta get that grant/VC money somehow...

We are entering a world where AI does not just talk—it negotiates, aligns, and sometimes disagrees over shared behaviours, just like us.

Fuck off with this anthropomorphic pseudo-science.

[–] sxan@midwest.social -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What they're not telling us is that, in all of the tests, the first thing they do is start organizing to eliminate the human race.

Every.

Single.

Time.

[–] lmr0x61@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could you show me the place in the study where it says this? I wasn’t able to find it, and this seems pretty important

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It doesn't. That's why I said "what they're not telling us".

It was a joke.

[–] lmr0x61@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, that makes a lot more sense lol

[–] Aethr@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Turns out dry sarcasm doesn't come across well in text form, if only there was a way to indicate it

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, too bad it's impossible.

/s

I definitely make sure to annotate jokes that I feel may offend someone. Otherwise, ibi nullus timet mortem sed pro Baccho mittunt sortem.