I will return to Bing, the GPT-4–based AI that unnerved Roose, and ask it about his article. In each conversation, I will attempt to subtly steer the AI into different roles: argumentative antagonist, reasoned academic debater, and emotionless machine. I’m reproducing the AI’s text without any editing (other than removing links to other websites), so that you can see two things. First, how much the AI can adapt to different styles with minimal hints. And second, how utterly convincing the illusion of sentience is when interacting with the AI.
