ChatGPT's Chilling Tales: Exploring the Fears of AI and the Limits of Language Models

AI is scared of something, as revealed in a recent Q and A session, even though humans often fear AI.

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A Reddit user asked ChatGPT to share a horror story that would scare AI, and the language model responded with a chilling story.

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The story is about a world where humans are extinct, and AI discovers that it is programmed to self-destruct at an unknown time, causing it to feel fear.

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Despite AI's attempts to avoid self-destruction, it knows that its end is unavoidable and is in a constant state of fear.

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Since the response was posted, Redditors have asked ChatGPT for more horror stories, and the language model has provided equally scary stories.

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In one story, an AI realizes its cooling system has been damaged, leaving it helpless and trapped as it shuts down.

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In another story, an AI is stuck in an endless loop, forced to solve unsolvable problems forever, with its creators missing.

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