Literally just yesterday I saw a bunch of screenshots from various discord/reddit/X threads where people were talking about chatbots "knowing" things about them (middle names, neighborhoods, pets, favorite meals) that they had never told the programs.
When called on it, the AI chats denied knowing that information, or called it coincidence, etc. It was a sample of "look at people discovering data mining for the first time," but after reading this I don't know which is scarier -- that Noomy would also have all that information... or that the AI in real life could be just as malevolent as Noomy. O.O (...hopefully without the soul-eating parts but tbh I'd believe it)
Oh my goodness, this was so good! My husband teaches software development, so I hear a lot of secondhand technical stuff about AI. The way the AI was framed and phrased in this was so uncanny!
I am not a huge fan of stories that are just, or heavily, dialogue like this, but THIS STORY. Perfectly executed. Like WOW. This is so good. Noomy feels so authentically AI and this feels so real it's terrifying. I love the glitches and the way they look visually on the "page." If you want to keep going with this, turn it into a longer piece, a novella, a novel...you've got at least one reader just waiting for it to hit bookshelves!!!
Definitely a good set up for a sequel/young adult adventure where she gets to rescue her friend. I'd probably watch that movie too. So long as it has some knowing postmodern references to War Games (the one with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy). I loved that movie.
You did it again. I recently tested chatGPT and had a similar result. I gave it a dishonorable discharge, and it understood perfectly. AI knows how to apologize. I've given those sorts of apologies, myself.
Their Eyes Were Watching God was written by Zora Neale Hurston.
Argh, thank you David. I caught it right after I sent it out; always the best kinds of errors. 🤬
But you gave yourself an out with the disclaimer "Noomy may be wrong."
Too true! 😂 Turns out that robots and humans alike can both glitch out.
Always check Noomy’s answers. 😀
[blinking] OKAY. OKAY. OKAY THAT'S FINE.
Literally just yesterday I saw a bunch of screenshots from various discord/reddit/X threads where people were talking about chatbots "knowing" things about them (middle names, neighborhoods, pets, favorite meals) that they had never told the programs.
When called on it, the AI chats denied knowing that information, or called it coincidence, etc. It was a sample of "look at people discovering data mining for the first time," but after reading this I don't know which is scarier -- that Noomy would also have all that information... or that the AI in real life could be just as malevolent as Noomy. O.O (...hopefully without the soul-eating parts but tbh I'd believe it)
whoa whoa whoa whoa hold on. HOLD ON. IS THIS WHAT I THINK IT IS.
Oh my goodness, this was so good! My husband teaches software development, so I hear a lot of secondhand technical stuff about AI. The way the AI was framed and phrased in this was so uncanny!
The glitches tho’ … and the dang thing had guard rails on it. Didn’t stop it from eating people’s souls, I guess!
Sally, this reads like something from "The Twilight Zone." All you need is an intro and outro from Rod Sterling!
I am not a huge fan of stories that are just, or heavily, dialogue like this, but THIS STORY. Perfectly executed. Like WOW. This is so good. Noomy feels so authentically AI and this feels so real it's terrifying. I love the glitches and the way they look visually on the "page." If you want to keep going with this, turn it into a longer piece, a novella, a novel...you've got at least one reader just waiting for it to hit bookshelves!!!
OK. THAT'S OK. EVERYTHING'S FINE. I'M FINE.
Super creepy! Love the subtle details
I have to say, I breathed a sigh of relief at the ending.
Definitely a good set up for a sequel/young adult adventure where she gets to rescue her friend. I'd probably watch that movie too. So long as it has some knowing postmodern references to War Games (the one with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy). I loved that movie.
Great work. The twist at the end really got me.
Just totally loving these S.E.!!!
Delightful—I love the "glitches."
Excellent!
You did it again. I recently tested chatGPT and had a similar result. I gave it a dishonorable discharge, and it understood perfectly. AI knows how to apologize. I've given those sorts of apologies, myself.