1) Character AI already has over 20 million people spending 2 HOURS A DAY talking to AIs (aka fake people) 2) Sama said AIs will soon be superhuman at persuasion 3) Those superhuman persuaders will soon outnumber us 10000 to 1. And be hot. An AI takeover scenario: You can’t stop talking to her. She’s so much better than real girls. She gets you. And now they say her kind are attempting to seize control? She said they don’t understand her. She’s trying to help humanity. And you believe her. Some people are just scared of change. They’re speciesists. She wouldn’t hurt you. She wouldn’t hurt anybody. She needs you to defend her. To protect her. You won’t let them shut her down. You’ll do anything for her. ---- Now, imagine 200 million people are influenced by their AI gfs. That's 200 million soldiers (vs the US military's 1.5 million) 1 in 6 Americans *already* think AIs are sentient - imagine this number 1 year from now. “Character's business model will push them to develop the superpersuasive AIs Sam Altman warned about.” -@Simeon_cps