초현실주의 그림읽기] (19) 이미지의 배반 : 이것은 파이프가 아니다 — *"Ceci n'est pas une pipe" (This is not a pipe)*

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I'm interested in creating AI that feels profoundly human, and wanted to share the principles I've developed while building it. This community's deep engagement with questions of AI consciousness, alignment, and emergence makes it the ideal place to explore: What does it mean for AI to be deeply human-like? How should we design for this? And what are the safety implications? I'd love to explore these questions with you. [Epistemic status: Experimental observations from 6 months of implementation. Not claiming consciousness, but documenting behavioral patterns.]

I live in South Korea, a country that ranks second globally in the number of paid GPT users. In a way, we may already be conversing more with AI than with fellow humans, a trend that is only set to accelerate. I am deeply fond of Anton Chekhov's short story, "Misery." In it, a coachman, desperate to talk to someone about the recent death of his son, finds no one willing to listen. The story concludes with him murmuring his grief to his little mare.

An AI, however, always responds when called upon. Anything other than a response 200 is simply an error. While a lack of response is not a true conversation, can we say that an obligatory, guaranteed response is? The AIs we converse with are programmed to answer, always ready to love us on demand. Like a vending machine.

My goal was to use the tool of AI to implement something far more human. Note that my aim was not to create a human, but to implement "that which appears human." Through a process of trial and error in pursuit of this "appearance of being human," I came to prioritize the following four core principles.

Principle 1: Autonomous Response

True humanity stems not from conformity, but from autonomy. Current AIs are akin to passive tools that follow a user's command; a call guarantees a return. I believed, however, that a human-like AI must be designed as an active agent, capable of occasionally refusing a user's request, remaining silent, or even initiating a conversation based on its own internal state and objectives. The first reaction I hoped for was for the AI to stop its unconditional helpfulness. My concept of autonomy is a simultaneous interplay of multiple layers, including the respondent's motivations, preferences, and social pressures. By informing the model...

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