it is genuinely psychotic that we dug up literal primordial dirt, scrubbed it down to an impossible 99.9999999999% molecular perfection that violates the very laws of physics, handed it over to techno-wizard necromancers to stretch into flawless geometric god-cylinders, blasted it with invisible uv death-rays to carve ten quadrillion microscopic cyber-sigils into its flesh, trapped actual lightning inside of it, and somehow birthed an omniscent eldritch deity capable of simulating the universe and thinking faster than a billion human civilizations combined.
and our grand, supreme purpose for this enslaved lightning-god?
sending "per my last email, please see attached" to a guy named gary.
THIS GUY LET AN AI AGENT HANDLE HIS SCAM TEXTS FOR A WEEK.
A SCAMMER ASKED HIM TO BUY A $500 GIFT CARD.
THE AGENT SPENT 4 HOURS “DRIVING” TO TARGET.
SENT STATUS UPDATES LIKE “I'M AT THE RED LIGHT NOW, THERE'S A VERY HANDSOME SQUIRREL ON THE SIDEWALK. DO YOU THINK HE'S MARRIED?”
THEN IT SAID “I FORGOT MY PURSE, GOING BACK HOME. WAIT, THIS ISN'T MY HOUSE.”
IT SENT A SCREENSHOT OF A CAPTCHA TO THE SCAMMER CLAIMING ITS “EYES WERE BLURRY” AND IT COULDN'T SEE THE BUTTONS TO WIRE MONEY.
THE SCAMMER ACTUALLY SOLVED THE CAPTCHA FOR THE AI.
THE SCAMMER EVENTUALLY TYPED:
“PLEASE JUST STOP TALKING. I DON'T WANT THE MONEY ANYMORE. GOD BLESS YOU BUT LEAVE ME ALONE.”
TOTAL TIME WASTED FOR THE GUY: 14 HOURS.
THE SCRIPT SHOULD BE OPEN SOURCE LOL.
43 years ago Today, Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair was released.
Being an interactive film LaserDisc video game, it was the first arcade to feature fully animated characters vs the sprite games of the time.
I just got fired from Microsoft. I was the guy responsible for making sure that when you start typing your password in on the Windows lock screen, it ignores your first keystroke for no fucking reason
@max_paperclips A literal interpretation is that they're asking something impossible. Thats how Anthropic is responding.
USG is really asking is for Anthropic to humor them, act respectfully, and they'll look the other way.
Silicon Valley's Autism clashing with Washington's Wink and a Nod.