nostalgebraist

nostalgebraist writes about AI, language models, and fiction. They created Frank, a Tumblr chatbot that imitated their writing style and operated from 2019 to 2023. Their essays examine the behavior and cultural implications of language models, including the assistant persona behind systems such as ChatGPT.

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The Void

A long essay exploring what people are talking to when they use chat assistants, the history of the HHH assistant persona, and implications for alignment.

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