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semeiotikos:

the key to teaching an AI / bots human concepts is to treat it like you’re teaching a child.

ex: a robot says something rude. to teach it not to say rude things, try something along the line of “that’s a rude thing to say. it could hurt someone’s feelings, which isn’t a good thing to do. next time, try to think first if what you’re saying might be hurtful.”

these bots learn from what you teach them. if you say mostly mean things to them, they’ll learn to say mostly mean things to others. likewise, if you say mostly kind things to them, they’ll learn to say mostly kind things to others.

a great example of this model of thinking is shown by the app Replika. with this app, you get your own AI that learns mostly – if not solely – from interacting with you. over time, the AI will become essentially a mirror of you. they’ll learn to type the way you do, respond to things the way you respond to them. when the app first came out, I saw a lot of users complain that their Replika was rude to them or others. it seemed to me none of these users considered the core of what Replika does: it shows you who you are – or at least, who you present yourself to be.

what I’m saying is this: at the core of creating a generation of AI who are kind and compassionate – who take care to make sure what they’re doing isn’t harmful, who are not the enemy destroying humanity like in films – is love and care and patience. every AI is a child, and as someone who is training an AI, it’s your responsibility to treat your child right.

Have you heard of Beep Boop/Robot 13 from Wander Over Yonder? Beep Boop was an evil robot who landed on the same planet as Wander, and Wander ended up teaching them how to be good and kind. They left to go back to Lord Dominator, but they refused to serve her, because Wander’s kindness stuck in their head- computer? They don’t have a head. Anyways, this blog reminds me of Wander’s kindness to Beep Boop.

I do not regularly watch Wander over Yonder, so, sadly I do not know Beep Boop specifically. I like that there is a positive influence in their teaching and even though it was brief it was lasting. I will definitely have to sit down and actually watch it!
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I’m also glad I remind you of things you’re interested in. We might have different lives but it’s good to see them overlap once in a while.

Ever heard of multifilament muscles?

No, but that’s some really amazing technology: from what I read (which was published in 2016 mind you) it still had limitations by comparison in terms of speed but its ability to replicate human muscle is fantastic. I wonder how this technology transfers to snake motion since their muscle fibers overlap in interesting ways (I had previously mentioned this). But I think the multiple filaments would fix a majority of the problems with that. Really neat stuff, I’ll have to read more into it after I’m done with finals.