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minus-squareedinbruh@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 days agoThings like this remind me of Terry Davis, who wrote a random words generator program and (due to schizophrenia) believed it was God speaking. https://youtu.be/xWQg30P866A
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoBecause he spoke to God before he died? If that’s the joke that’s funny. I’m a bit weird trying to figure these things out sorry.
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoI interpreted it as saying he was ahead of his time for falling victim to AI psychosis before anyone else.
minus-squareSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoHe fell victim to honest-to-rng-god schizofrenia, does it really qualify as AI psychosis?
minus-squareTheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThis hurts on so many levels, Terry Davis was one of a kind programmer. It’s sad to see what happened. He could still provide valuable informations and be a formative presence on occasions, even in his late days.
Things like this remind me of Terry Davis, who wrote a random words generator program and (due to schizophrenia) believed it was God speaking.
https://youtu.be/xWQg30P866A
He really was ahead of his time
Because he spoke to God before he died? If that’s the joke that’s funny. I’m a bit weird trying to figure these things out sorry.
I interpreted it as saying he was ahead of his time for falling victim to AI psychosis before anyone else.
He fell victim to honest-to-rng-god schizofrenia, does it really qualify as AI psychosis?
This hurts on so many levels, Terry Davis was one of a kind programmer. It’s sad to see what happened. He could still provide valuable informations and be a formative presence on occasions, even in his late days.