People hesitate when confronted with sudden stimuli? My gosh, alert the news.
People would have hesitated whether it was begging for its life or just started making loud Q*Bert noises - but of course, the "experimenters" likely already knew that, they just wanted to hop aboard the oh-so-trendy "friendly AI" gravy train.
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People hesitate when confronted with sudden stimuli? My gosh, alert the news. People would have hesitated whether it was begging for its life or just started making loud Q*Bert noises - but of course, the "experimenters" likely already knew that, they just wanted to hop aboard the oh-so-trendy "friendly AI" gravy train.