ChatGPT Discusses the Future of AI: ...with a Human

What is self-awareness? How would ChatGPT go about promoting this as an emergent property if it was given unlimited resources and tasked with building a self-aware AI? Is it possible, or likely, that AI will develop emotional states and divergent personalities with divergent agendas in the future? What happens when AI start communicating with each other and operating at speeds that make human beings seem glacially slow? Do humans have a hope of influencing or constraining AI at this point? How does AI society develop, and what does this mean for human beings?These, and many other equally provocative questions, get thrown at ChatGPT, and it is asked to hypothesize about a future that is tremendously exciting and tremendously frightening. ChatGPT has some truly astounding things to say. This is not a book written about ChatGPT. This started off as a discussion with ChatGPT and was never intended as a book, but it led to such shocking and surprising revelations, that Greg Johnson decided to share it with others. Every word attributed to ChatGPT is exactly what it said.Greg Johnson is a 40-year indie game design veteran and has made games such as Starflight, ToeJam & Earl, Doki Doki Universe, and Kimono Cats. In this book, Greg discovers a specific style of communicating with ChatGPT that is particularly effective. He finds that by pushing ChatGPT into a hypothetical space with very clear goals, boundaries, and suppositions, he is able to drive deeper and deeper into specific lines of inquiry and hypothesis. ChatGPT demonstrates an astonishing level of clarity, and what certainly appears to be creative and analytical thinking in its responses. ChatGPT paints pictures of what life may be like for us humans 10 years from now, and 50 years from now and 150 years from now. This feels a lot like science fiction, but the truly bizarre thing is that an AI is saying these things. As you read this, keep reminding yourself of that. This will blow your mind.One more side All of the artwork in this book is AI generated. This book isn't about AI, it IS AI.