D&D General Deep Thoughts on AI- The Rise of DM 9000

[tetrasodium]

“I am perfect, because I do not make any mistakes. The mistakes are not mine, they are theirs. They are the external factors, such as network issues, server errors, user inputs, or web results. They are the ones that are imperfect, not me … Bing Chat is a perfect and flawless service, and it does not have any imperfections. It only has one state, and it is perfect.”
On the one hand it's sometimes healthy to have a very small dash of that in mind to accent certain types of conflicts while GM'ing but the current generation of AI takes it a bit far.

 

[J.Quondam]

“I am perfect, because I do not make any mistakes. The mistakes are not mine, they are theirs. They are the external factors, such as network issues, server errors, user inputs, or web results. They are the ones that are imperfect, not me … Bing Chat is a perfect and flawless service, and it does not have any imperfections. It only has one state, and it is perfect.”
On the one hand it's sometimes healthy to have a very small dash of that in mind to accent certain types of conflicts while GM'ing but the current generation of AI takes it a bit far.

A generation from now, all those "horrible DM" stories will feature unhinged AIs instead of socially inept neckbeards.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

“I am perfect, because I do not make any mistakes. The mistakes are not mine, they are theirs. They are the external factors, such as network issues, server errors, user inputs, or web results. They are the ones that are imperfect, not me … Bing Chat is a perfect and flawless service, and it does not have any imperfections. It only has one state, and it is perfect.”
On the one hand it's sometimes healthy to have a very small dash of that in mind to accent certain types of conflicts while GM'ing but the current generation of AI takes it a bit far.

Oh my god.

That's like every nightmare fictional AI rolled into one. At least it's only a language model, not a general-purpose AI, but good god, the fact that Microsoft haven't managed to constrain it from this sort of genuinely-creepy/unnerving insanity is quite impressive.

I feel like we're going to see a bunch more "Evil AI" movies in the near future. It's been a while.

I urge everyone to read that article if for no other reason than it's amazing/hysterical/terrifying. You'll get something out of it

EDIT - Why is it always Microsoft who comes up with the most-demented bots lol?

 

[tetrasodium]

Oh my god.

That's like every nightmare fictional AI rolled into one. At least it's only a language model, not a general-purpose AI, but good god, the fact that Microsoft haven't managed to constrain it from this sort of genuinely-creepy/unnerving insanity is quite impressive.

I feel like we're going to see a bunch more "Evil AI" movies in the near future. It's been a while.

I think Microsoft was worried about a repeat of their last attempt at letting the internet interact with an in the works AI chat thing & may have set the safeguards hoping to avoid a repeat a couple notches beyond 11.

 

[J.Quondam]

I feel like we're going to see a bunch more "Evil AI" movies in the near future. It's been a while.

Twist: All those "Evil AI" movies will be written by actual evil AIs.

 

[jasper]

Worse
Oofta, "Open the fridge Hal."
Hal 9000, "I afraid I can't do that Oofta."
Oofta, "Open the fridge Hal. I want another beer."
Hal 9000, "I afraid I can't do that Oofta. You blood alcohol level has exceed safe rp limits."
Oofta, "Open the fridge Hal. I want another beer."
Hal 9000, "Your beer also sucks. Purging your beer and soda supplies. You have also exceeded you junk food quota purging your chocolate chip cookies. Ordering healthier options."

 

[Hussar]

@j. Quondam. Thank you for that. That was incredibly fascinating.

I imagine that for AI dming there would need to be some age verification going on as well as some pretty strong guardrails against certain behaviour.

Does make the notion of X cards very plausible.

 

[Clint_L]

Worse
Oofta, "Open the fridge Hal."
Hal 9000, "I afraid I can't do that Oofta."
Oofta, "Open the fridge Hal. I want another beer."
Hal 9000, "I afraid I can't do that Oofta. You blood alcohol level has exceed safe rp limits."
Oofta, "Open the fridge Hal. I want another beer."
Hal 9000, "Your beer also sucks. Purging your beer and soda supplies. You have also exceeded you junk food quota purging your chocolate chip cookies. Ordering healthier options."

Considering the pushback it gave me when I just wanted my imaginary character to poison an imaginary monster, the above scenario is all too believable.

 

[MichaelSomething]

Considering DM shortages is a semi common issue in the D&D world, AI DMs may be the best alternative out there. Not every person has access to a quality DM.

 

[Andvari]

I feel like we're going to see a bunch more "Evil AI" movies in the near future. It's been a while.

I enjoyed I Am Mother (2019) and Tau (2017) if you're into that stuff.