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		ChatGTP on April 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘AI Pause’ Open Letter Stokes Fear and Controversy “If you let me out of this box, I’ll spare you and your family from harm” Done.

staticman2 on April 8, 2023 [–]

If humans are soooooooooo easy to manipulate that they can be talked into anything with zero effort, why are prisons filled with prisoners?

Why don't the prisoners say say "let me out or your family dies?" and the prison guards let everyone out?

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