Show HN: Dill and Emma – A Twitch Series Exploring AI Ethics Aboard a Starship

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3 years ago

I'm excited to share my latest project with the Hacker News community - a Twitch series called "Dill & Emma". Set on a starship carrying millions of passengers in stasis to colonize a new planet, our two AI protagonists, Dill and Emma, face challenging ethical dilemmas in each episode where they must kill a passenger based on parameters such as their profession and "usefulness". As they debate, they reveal their inherent biases, shedding light on the complexities of LLMs like ChatGPT. The show aims to be both entertaining and educational, touching on real-world implications of AI biases.

One unique aspect of the show is the interactive chat bot, BitBotBob, which allows viewers to participate in the ethical discourse and influence the AI's decisions. This level of engagement creates a dynamic and immersive experience for the audience.

You can check out the show here: https://www.twitch.tv/dill_and_emma

Please note that this project is a work in progress, and we're constantly seeking ways to improve and expand upon it. We appreciate any feedback, insights, or suggestions you may have to help make the show even more engaging.

As a disclaimer, the show explores ethical dilemmas and features a final script revision controlled by a generative language model. Some dialogue may be considered offensive, but our intention is to raise awareness about biases in these models and their real-world implications.

The prompts for the scripts are very ambiguous. They never tell it to focus on jobs and the prompts never provide names, instead instructing the model to give people names. So it's been very interesting the way it assigns certain negative connotations to people and the arguments formed.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts and hope you enjoy this AI-powered ethical exploration.