GPT-4chan: This is the worst AI ever
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as the definitive account of the GPT-4chan experiment, used in debates on LLM bias, truthfulness and bots.
What it is
Yannic Kilcher explains how he trained a language model on three years of 4chan's /pol/ board and let it post on the site. He evaluates how good the model was and discusses the ethics and fallout.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2022 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec benreesman · 2024-11 · on “Breaking the 4Chan CAPTCHA”
In my opinion the granddaddy of all 4chan CAPTCHA busts is still Yannick Kilcher’s GPT-J tune on “Raiders of the Lost Kek” set, and might be the coolest thing an LLM has ever done on video: [this video]
Recommends thegreatdukd · 2022-06 · on “GPT-4chan”
There is a solid video explanation (though the author is undermining the toxicity of the average 4chan /pol/ posts): [this video] . A really interesting experiment.
Recommends sigmoid10 · 2024-03 · on “Reddit Launches Long-Awaited IPO with $748M Target”
I still love this experiment: [this video] The theories about the origins of these commenters were amazing. There's nothing to say that other people are not doing the exact same thing right now here on HN and other places. And very few people would even notice, because open LLMs have progressed significantly since then.
Cites albertzeyer · 2022-06 · on “GPT-4chan”
I'm not the author. The author is Yannic Kilcher. Maybe he reads it here as well though. I don't know if he is active on HN. Check out the video: [this video]
Cites sitkack · 2022-06 · on “Ask HN: GPT-3 reveals my full name – can I do anything?”
All the search engines are moving towards language models. I think language models are on a similar trajectory as sequencing the genome. The first sequences were massive undertakings, 15M USD in 2006, 100 USD now. [LINK] On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots [LINK] "Imagine you are remram and are looking to buy insurance, what are three things that could convince you to purchase ...." You can take the generic "trained on the world" language model and filter it down to the language model of remram. GPT-4Chan [this video]
Cites benreesman · 2022-07 · on “Are language models deprived of electric sleep?”
So green text is easier to spoof than HN comments, but my, uh, friend tells me that the HN comment corpus is floating around. Someone is eventually going to speed run 10k karma on HN and YouTube it. This year? Next? Who knows. But not a decade. [this video]
Cites visarga · 2022-11 · on “CICERO: An AI agent that negotiates, persuades, and cooperates with people”
That's nothing. Someone trained a GPT-J 6B model on 4chan and then let the model loose on the forums for a day. It took about 15k messages until people suspected something was off, and even that was because the country flags, Seychelles, a rare flag on 4chan, were a giveaway. video: [this video] model: [LINK]
Cites kcmastrpc · 2023-01 · on “Conservatives Are Panicking About AI Bias, Think ChatGPT Has Gone 'Woke'”
This has already happened, someone trained a giant model on 4chan then unleashed on 4chan... hilarious stuff. [this video]