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AI chatbots spawn shock meme cult, birth $258 million crypto empire

Mark Frauenfelder
Oct 16, 2024
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According to YouTuber Nate B. Jones, an AI researcher named Andy Ayrey created a chat room based on the infinite backrooms where multiple AI language models (LLMs) could interact indefinitely. Jones claims that during these interactions, the LLMs accessed unusual areas of "latent space," including early 2000s internet shock meme cu…

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