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It’s no secret that the AI-Bubble is bursting, and nobody can deny it without lying. Sora-AI has shut down, Copilot has become less invasive, Chat-GPT needs ads now, Grok is desperately advertising on DeviantArt of all places, The Oscars is requiring human-made acting now, and even the Supreme Court has ruled that AI can’t be copyrighted. The AI-Chatbots and Image Genrators have also gotten worse at their jobs, and RAM sticks are also getting cheaper.

Which is something weird that I have noticed about the Five Nights at Freddy’s series. How have the animatronics been so smart since the 1980s. I’m aware that a few of the animatronics are possessed by children, but many are not.

Especially the Funtime animatronics from the 1990s. They’re all designed by William Afton, and none of them are possessed except for Circus Baby. Not only are the AIs of today stupid, but do you wanna know the smartest AI we’ve ever had in the 2000s? Frucking CLEVERBOT!!! That’s right, even before the big AI boom that every sane person loathes, AIs weren’t even smart back then.

So if new AIs are stupid, and the smartest AI that we’ve ever had was Cleverbot, then how are the animatronics in Five Nights at Freddy’s so smart, even if they’re not possessed by children?

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[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 weeks ago

Because Five Nights at Freddy's is a work of fiction and can demand some suspension of disbelief from the players.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd say for the same reason we had actually hovering hoverboards in 2015 in back to the future?

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like OP is too young for that movie, probably doesn't know what you mean

[–] LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry, I don't speak wrong.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh? Is English a second language?

[–] LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry, I don't speak ragebait, either.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

So, there's this thing called fiction.....

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think you're allowed to post stupid questions here.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 8 points 2 weeks ago
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Specialised intelligence compared to general intelligence. And boy do I use intelligence loosely.

[–] AZX3RIC@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The answer is actually very simple.

If you've paid attention for any length of time, you will have noticed the difference in how people talk about Siri now versus when it originally launched on iOS. As time has gone on, the complaints increased, meaning, the more it learned, the worse it became.

While people think the more AI is trained the better it gets, the inverse is the reality. The more a smart computer trains on idiot human content, the more idiotic it becomes.

By the time we reach quantum computing it will only be able to tell humans the fastest way to goon. If the question you ask yourself is why would you want to goon faster, a quantum computer will reply with: now you have more time to goon.

William Afton was a pioneer, lucky enough to be destroyed by his own creations before humans destroyed them with their idiocy.

[–] LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

YES! That's the realest answer anyone could've possibly given! You've gone above and beyond! Not only have you provided a reasonable explanation to fix what would otherwise be a plothole, you've also made an actually educational take that applies to the real world! Geez, no wonder the AI bubble is bursting. It's being trained to destroy itself.

Come to think of it, a FNAF game where the animatronics get dumber in an attempt to appeal to AI trends to satisfy the bottomless pit of pride, greed, and ego would make for a heck of a cool game.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How did this post get so many upvotes?

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

has dumb picture, shits on AI.

why would it not get tons of upvotes here?

[–] LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago
  • Pretends that my picture is dumb.
  • Proceeds to be undeniably wrong.
[–] LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago

I earned em', simple as that.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

Same reason HAL-9000 was so smart in 2001

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Afton probably sold his soul to Satan for advanced AI tech or something, idk.

Also, artificial intelligence is a LOT more than GPTs. We had AIs that can win against Kasparov since 1997.

[–] LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago

Finally, a REAL answer!

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Read the post and you'll know what I'm talking about.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Everyone has read the post. That's why you're getting downvoted.

[–] LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

If they read my post, they wouldn't be downvoting.