AILandlord reportedly backs off 10% rent hike after tenant consults ChatGPT
A post credits ChatGPT with flagging the proposed increase as illegal for a rent-stabilized unit, calling the anecdote “my optimistic AI future.”
TLDR
A user says they met someone whose landlord wanted to raise their rent by 10%. According to the account, ChatGPT told the tenant their unit was rent-stabilized and an increase that large was illegal. The tenant raised that with the landlord, who backed off. The author presents the story as a reason for optimism about AI.
I met someone today whose landlord wanted to hike their rent by 10%. They asked ChatGPT, which pointed out that their unit was rent stabilized and an increase that large was illegal. They told their landlord, who backed off. This is my optimistic AI future.
One political problem for AI labs is that they can't articulate an optimistic medium-term future that sounds broadly good for humanity without also sounding incredibly weird, having huge wealth/power disparities, or both.
Landlord reportedly backs off 10% rent hike after tenant consults ChatGPT
A post credits ChatGPT with flagging the proposed increase as illegal for a rent-stabilized unit, calling the anecdote “my optimistic AI future.”
TLDR
A user says they met someone whose landlord wanted to raise their rent by 10%. According to the account, ChatGPT told the tenant their unit was rent-stabilized and an increase that large was illegal. The tenant raised that with the landlord, who backed off. The author presents the story as a reason for optimism about AI.
I met someone today whose landlord wanted to hike their rent by 10%. They asked ChatGPT, which pointed out that their unit was rent stabilized and an increase that large was illegal. They told their landlord, who backed off. This is my optimistic AI future.
One political problem for AI labs is that they can't articulate an optimistic medium-term future that sounds broadly good for humanity without also sounding incredibly weird, having huge wealth/power disparities, or both.