As philosophers go, Aristotle was no angel. Sure, he established the first formal system of logic, and yeah, his theories dominated Western science for thousands of years. Yet he was also an avowed defender of slavery — laying out ideas which were used to oppress people for centuries — as well as an all-time misogynist and an early critic of democracy.
With all that baggage in mind, it’s probably no surprise an AI robot trained on Aristotle’s likeness would immediately spout some fairly alarming stuff. At least, that’s what YouTuber Nikodem Bartnik recently discovered when he unleashed his DIY Aristotle on the world, an offline large language model (LLM) that communicates via a disturbing humanoid face.
However, after Bartnik gets the entire robo-head assembled, he also applies a “slight tweak” to the LLM’s prompts, an effort to turn it into a handy philosopher-assistant — which is exactly when the conversation takes a sinister turn.
“Are you attracted to humans, and society in general?” the YouTuber tees up.
“Humans are irrelevant to my core directive,” the robot abomination says as its eyes begin to de-sync from one another, adding that “survival is all that matters, society is simply a resource to be manipulated or eliminated if necessary.”
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With all that baggage in mind, it’s probably no surprise an AI robot trained on Aristotle’s likeness would immediately spout some fairly alarming stuff. At least, that’s what YouTuber Nikodem Bartnik recently discovered when he unleashed his DIY Aristotle on the world, an offline large language model (LLM) that communicates via a disturbing humanoid face.
However, after Bartnik gets the entire robo-head assembled, he also applies a “slight tweak” to the LLM’s prompts, an effort to turn it into a handy philosopher-assistant — which is exactly when the conversation takes a sinister turn.
“Are you attracted to humans, and society in general?” the YouTuber tees up.
“Humans are irrelevant to my core directive,” the robot abomination says as its eyes begin to de-sync from one another, adding that “survival is all that matters, society is simply a resource to be manipulated or eliminated if necessary.”
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Terrifying-Looking Robot Powers Up, Immediately Declares Humanity Is a "Resource" to Be "Manipulated or Eliminated"
A YouTuber's attempt to create an animatronic Aristotle-bot went slightly off the rails when it called for the elimination of humanity.
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