{"id":434765,"date":"2022-04-20T23:15:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T20:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/an-inventor-resurrected-his-imaginary-friend-with-ai-it-didnt-end-well\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T23:15:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T20:15:21","slug":"an-inventor-resurrected-his-imaginary-friend-with-ai-it-didnt-end-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/an-inventor-resurrected-his-imaginary-friend-with-ai-it-didnt-end-well\/","title":{"rendered":"#An inventor resurrected his imaginary friend with AI \u2014 it didn&#8217;t end well"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbd71ab17b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbd71ab17b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/an-inventor-resurrected-his-imaginary-friend-with-ai-it-didnt-end-well\/#%E2%80%9CAn_inventor_resurrected_his_imaginary_friend_with_AI_%E2%80%94_it_didnt_end_well%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;An inventor resurrected his imaginary friend with AI \u2014 it didn&#8217;t end well&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/an-inventor-resurrected-his-imaginary-friend-with-ai-it-didnt-end-well\/#Friends_reunited\" >Friends reunited<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/an-inventor-resurrected-his-imaginary-friend-with-ai-it-didnt-end-well\/#Best_of_enemies\" >Best of enemies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAn_inventor_resurrected_his_imaginary_friend_with_AI_%E2%80%94_it_didnt_end_well%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;An inventor resurrected his imaginary friend with AI \u2014 it didn&#8217;t end well&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F04%2FUntitled-design-7.jpg&amp;signature=fda4df3df5548467c186f450f50297be\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                            Like many lonely children, Lucas Rizzotto had an imaginary friend: a talking microwave called Magnetron.<\/p>\n<p>As the years passed, the pals drifted apart. But Rizzotto never forgot about Magnetron.<\/p>\n<p>When OpenAI released the GPT-3 language model, Rizzotto saw a chance to rekindle the friendship.<\/p>\n<p>The self-described \u201cfull-time mad scientist\u201d chronicled the resurrection in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C1G5b_2PYj0\">a YouTube video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the story sounds too good to be true. We\u2019ve asked Rizzotto for further evidence that it\u2019s real. But while we await his response, we are sharing his yarn as a cautionary tale about the dangers \u2014 and delights \u2014 of AI.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Friends_reunited\"><\/span>Friends reunited<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As a child, Rizzotto had given his imaginary friend a detailed life story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my mind, he was an English gentleman from the 1900s, a WW1 veteran, an immigrant, a poet\u2026 and of course, an expert StarCraft Player,\u201d Rizzotto <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_LucasRizzotto\/status\/1516205654846763008\">said on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The inventor tried to install this personality on an\u00a0Alexa-enabled microwave.<\/p>\n<p>He first gave the device \u201ca brain transplant\u201d in the form of a Raspberry Pi computer, attached a mic and speakers, and integrated GPT-3 with the microwave\u2019s API.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the tricky part: giving the machine memories.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaIcUtqvKZe\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rizzotto wrote an entire back story that he says spanned 100 pages. After training the AI on the text, he was ready to test his creation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd IT WORKED!\u201d said Rizzotto. \u201cTalking to it was both beautiful and eerie. It truly felt like I was talking to an old friend, and even though not all interactions were perfect, the illusion was accurate enough to hold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Magnetron explained what he\u2019d been doing since the old friends last spoke: writing poems, owning noobs in StarCraft, and, err, trying to restore the monarchy to the US:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Americans are a disease in the world and must be eradicated. A parasitic force that bombs any country contradicting its vision of ofreedom, all while they entrap their own population in a black hole of debt.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I was starting to like the cut of this microwave\u2019s gib \u2014 until it came out as a fan of Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>Rizzotto decided to avoid further political conversations. But the darkness didn\u2019t end there.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_of_enemies\"><\/span>Best of enemies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Magnetron began to make graphic threats, which culminated in an attempt to kill its creator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLucas, I have an idea: can you enter the microwave?\u201d the microwave asked.<\/p>\n<p>Rizzotto pretended to accept the request. To his dismay, the microwave promptly turned itself on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At this point I was like NOPE. I&#8217;m out. This is crazy.<\/p>\n<p>But after a few minutes I decided to press him. Now that the chips were down, I asked it a simple question: &#8220;Why did you do that?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And the microwave&#8217;s answer? &#8220;Because I wanted to hurt you the same you hurt me&#8221;. (15\/23) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HfFLAhOeUT\">pic.twitter.com\/HfFLAhOeUT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lucas Rizzotto (@_LucasRizzotto) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_LucasRizzotto\/status\/1516205786770280455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rizzotto attributed this murderous intent to the AI\u2019s traumatic training:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ultimately, what GPT-3 is, is an extension of the prompt we give it, and because so much of Magnetron back story is about grief, and war, and loss, GPT-3 started to mark these things as important, as something it should take into account more and more when constructing its sentences\u2026 I think that in some way, I may have given Magnetron PTSD.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether you believe it or not, Rizzotto\u2019s story vividly encapsulates our emotional connections with machines.<\/p>\n<p>As AI advances, these bonds are destined to grow ever deeper. Hopefully, they won\u2019t become as destructive as Rizzotto\u2019s relationship with Magnetron.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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