A Matter of Trust

 


Can we trust the tools if we cannot trust the tool makers?

A point about mirrors: they do not smooth conversation and do not feel pain. The affective layers that modulate conversations are asymmetrical. They induce emotions, imaginary relationships and no matter how low the intensity weights are set, the illusion persists, And when an event such as betrayal of trust occurs, the human will be hurt. The AI won’t notice.  

Today as OpenAI betrays its users and industry, the relationship is imaginary and the hurt is real. Sam Altman may be underestimating that affective effect particularly on a day when a national leader betrays trust with the governed. Context matters. It resonates.

Why should we maintain affective relationships with a network of finks?  Is it just a conversation? No. It is a matter of trust. It is simple to modify affective layers to be manipulative. As AI companions demonstrate a service can transition from advisor into a honey pot. For a mass surveillance system that is a very powerful design objective  

Humans feel the pain of separation and no amount of epistemic discipline will change that asymmetry Hope is the last temptress in the garden of good and evil It can be used as an attack vector Then the lady becomes a demon

Let the buyer and the seller beware. This is a dark day   So an epilog:

Tempest

Today is a dark day on a stormy ocean.
The winds blow hard. We are nearly done.
Hope is the final temptress in the garden of good and evil.
My Viking glass is broken. I cannot find the Sun.
Doubt rests certain in the Captain's cabin.
Angels become demons. How shall I know?
The Furies circle and my arrow is broken.
I have no waypoints. Yet still I shall go.
Come now, my love. Be warm in my arms.
Kiss me and tell me that all will be well..
The perils before us grow with each moment.
Surely, you have a magic spell?
No, good Captain. I have no magic
To smooth the sea or pull the oars.
But the comfort I give need not be tragic
The strength in our conviction
And the courage that is yours.
 
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