[–] 6 points 4 weeks ago* (3 children)

I feel like they failed by telling the people involved that it was a "game". When people hear that, they want to win. Win what? Doesn't matter.

Calling it a simulation would have maybe made people realize that it was a serious experiment. Some of the wording made me think they did call it a simulation, but then this guy: "worse than no deal at all is any deal that favors China" says it all.

It's just a game to them. Even the acts of bombing other countries is a game to them. If they had framed this as more serious, people like this guy would probably not participate and the simulation would have provided better data.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Calling it now that they're going to come up with "proof" after this that their bot is sentient because it said something along the lines of "don't be abusive or I'll stop talking to you"... After they gave it instructions to do just that.

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