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minus-squareedinbruh@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·16 hours 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-squareTheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours 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.
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours 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-up10·13 hours 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-up2·8 hours agoHe fell victim to honest-to-rng-god schizofrenia, does it really qualify as AI psychosis?
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
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.
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?