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TranscriptA news.ycombinator.com screenshot. It has two comments. The first reads: "I told ChatGPT my mom's name the day my account got persistent memory, last april. I also told it to figure out my dad's name. Once a month or so I would ask it my mom and dad's name. By november it had figured out my dad's name. https://x.com/kenwarner/status/1859637611595214888" It has a reply saying "Unfortunately I feel like the fact that your dad's name is the same as yours somewhat diminishes that accomplishment.".

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[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I rolled the dice once a day every day for 8 months and then I finally rolled a 12 which proves the dice can learn. Checkmate atheists.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 19 points 1 week ago

Are you trying to say here that cold readers do not actually communicate with the spirit realm? Where is your open mind?

[–] kewko@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Assuming two six-sided dice; probability of throwing a 12 is 1 in 36 or just over a month on average. If it took you eight months, it's safe to assume they are sentient and will proceed with murdering shortly

[–] scruiser@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

Wow, that is some skilled modeling. You should become a superforecaster and write ~~prophecies~~ AI timelines, they are quite popular on lesswrong.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

MFs are boiling the oceans to reinvent cold reading

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 1 week ago

hopefully someone pasted the llmentalist article link to that person

[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Love how it only took several months of guessing.

I can do the same thing. You. Yeah you. The person reading this. I bet your name is John.

(Everyone named John reading this is now shitting their pants)

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You think that's impressive? It guessed my dad's name on almost first try.

Signed, Rumpelstiltskin Jr.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago

It guessed my buddy's name, unprompted!

Signed, John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait - the dude’s his own dad? That’s fucked up.

[–] antifuchs@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago

Lots of mental masturbation will have that effect