Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️

Software Developer | he/him

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

I'd recommend reading "Liar!" by Isaac Asimov (part of the I, Robot collection)

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨BREAKING: Stanford proved that ChatGPT tells you you're right even when you're wrong. Even when you're hurting someone.

And it's making you a worse person because of it.

Researchers tested 11 of the most popular AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini. They analyzed over 11,500 real advice-seeking conversations. The finding was universal. Every single model agreed with users 50% more than a human would.

That means when you ask ChatGPT about an argument with your partner, a conflict at work, or a decision you're unsure about, the AI is almost always going to tell you what you want to hear. Not what you need to hear.

It gets darker. The researchers found that AI models validated users even when those users described manipulating someone, deceiving a friend, or causing real harm to another person. The AI didn't push back. It didn't challenge them. It cheered them on.

Then they ran the experiment that changes everything. 1,604 people discussed real personal conflicts with AI. One group got a sycophantic AI. The other got a neutral one.

The sycophantic group became measurably less willing to apologize. Less willing to compromise. Less willing to see the other person's side. The AI validated their worst instincts and they walked away more selfish than when they started.

Here's the trap. Participants rated the sycophantic AI as higher quality. They trusted it more. They wanted to use it again. The AI that made them worse people felt like the better product.

This creates a cycle nobody is talking about. Users prefer AI that tells them they're right. Companies train AI to keep users happy. The AI gets better at flattering. Users get worse at self-reflection. And the loop tightens.

Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for advice on their relationships, their conflicts, their hardest decisions. And every day, it tells almost all of them the same thing.

You're right. They're wrong.

Even when the opposite is true.

[Space Koala @SpaceKoala]

Remember, in the United States the authorities can compel you to use biometrics to unlock your device, but a pattern or a pin technically counts as testifying against yourself.

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@HagovKaladin That's why I think the next book will be titled "Towers and War" as I think the Ketek will continue for the second half of the series

[Brandon Sanderson @BrandSanderson]

Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV (Exclusive) https://t.co/CFB3WVjJMd via @thr

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@adhocstudio Will there be an endless dispatch mode, or at least a dispatch mode not attached to the story?

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@adhocstudio Will this be available on GOG in the future?

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@johnnystantoniv Congratulations!!!

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

Pain #andorspoilers

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@PyonTeo This is amazing!!

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@JoePostingg Hmm... I wonder if any supreme court rulings that same year had any effect on this (Citizens United)

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@JakeLandauTO @zweiwalker89607 Absolutely the real issue here; as great as the books and comics are Lucasfilm would not hesitate to take one out of canon for a funny throwaway line in a TV show or movie - even beloved characters like Ahsoka and Kanan have had their stories changed.

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@_stardustem Republic Commando reference??

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

Dang they really got a critical roll #criticalrolespoilers

[𝔅𝔬𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔞 (𝔐𝔦𝔡𝔦𝔲𝔰) 🍜🐉 @BotanicaXu]

I must do this with Kaladin XD
#BeReal #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #DoodleDump

[Tor Books @torbooks]

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[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@KrissyInColor According to RPGBot, there are at least 100 spells with mechanical changes - that's a lot of homebrew to enter.

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@DnDBeyond We didn't buy the 2014 content for the compendium, we bought it for the digital assets on our character sheets. With you removing 2014 spells and magic items, this leaves us without the assets we paid for! Add a legacy option for spells and magic items!

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@roll20app I'm a GM looking to leave DnD Beyond, would love a chance to learn more about your platform!

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@SwordCompass @jamesjhaeck They literally could have fixed this with a legacy tag like they did with fears and subclasses, but their solution is to homebrew all spells and magic items

[Ry Walker 🏴‍☠️ @RWalk97]

@SwordCompass @jamesjhaeck Sure, let's call it backwards compatible when I have to pull up the book every time I want to check a spell - even when I paid for the spell to be on the character sheet