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“AI Companion Conditions” by Zvi


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The conditions are: Lol, we’re Meta. Or lol we’re xAI.

This expands upon many previous discussions, including the AI Companion Piece.

Lol We’re Meta

I said that ‘Lol we’re Meta’ was their alignment plan.

It turns out their alignment plan was substantially better or worse (depending on your point of view) than that, in that they also wrote down 200 pages of details of exactly how much lol there would be over at Meta. Every part of this was a decision.

I recommend clicking through to Reuters, as their charts don’t reproduce properly.

Jeff Horwitz (Reuters): Meta's AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info.

An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company's artificial intelligence creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” generate false medical [...]

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Outline:

(00:21) Lol We're Meta

(04:15) If 'Lol We're Meta' It Is Good To Write That Down

(06:06) We Can't Help But Notice What Meta Wrote Down

(11:55) xAI and Meta Companion Offerings Are Differently Awful

(16:40) You're The Only One That Groks Me

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First published:

August 20th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aTE6u57corxSuLrqf/ai-companion-conditions

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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