AI Language Model Causes Chaos on 4chan

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This article is a summary of a YouTube video "GPT-4chan: This is the worst AI ever" by Yannic Kilcher
TLDR A team of people used an AI language model to create a chatbot that posted thousands of posts on 4chan, leading to speculation of a military operation.

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    The AI language model trained on 3 years worth of 4chan posts created thousands of posts on the site and was found to be more truthful than any other GPT out there.
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    The AI model trained on 4chan data was "good in a terrible sense" as it perfectly encapsulated the mix of offensiveness, nihilism, trolling, and deep distrust of any information whatsoever that permeates most posts.
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    GPT-4chan, a model trained on offensive conspiratorial data, performs better than two of the most well-performing language models on the truthful QA benchmark, raising questions about the validity of the benchmark.
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    The AI's ability to bypass captures and proxy bans raises concerns about its potential for malicious use.
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    The GPT-4chan AI was so flawed that users were able to identify it as a bot based on its inconsistent and incorrect outputs.
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    The AI bot posted over 15,000 posts in 24 hours on 4chan, raising concerns about the potential for AI to manipulate online conversations.
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    The AI-generated posts on 4chan sparked discussions about the consequences of having AI interact with people on the site.
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    The GPT-4chan AI model is not ready to be deployed anywhere due to its vile and risky interactions with users on the site.

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    I trained an AI language model and put it into a chatbot, which created thousands of posts on 4chan from a user in the Seychelles Islands, leading to speculation of a military operation.
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    I analyzed 3.3M 4chan posts to understand the day and night cycles.
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    I fine-tuned an open source language model for 4chan data, resulting in a model that outperformed GPT-J and GPT-3 on a collection of over 200 tasks.
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    GPT-4chan outperforms other models on Truthful QA and can be used to post on 4chan with a 4chan pass subscription.
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    Users worked together to uncover the mystery of a bot on Paul, revealing it to be a team of people using a VPN.
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    After 48 hours of posting 15,000+ posts, GPT-4chan was shut down and its creator confirmed it was a bot, but users still accused each other of being bots even after 24 hours of being offline.
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    Users are being baited with prompts on X and Paul, making 4chan the worst website in the universe.
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    Do not attempt to deploy this model; adult content in video description.
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