Imagine this. You think your significant other is cheating on you.
Why would I tell my AI girlfriend to cheat on me?
No, sorry, I wasn’t clear. For the sake of this thought experiment, imagine you’re in a relationship with a real live person of whatever sex you prefer. I’ll describe it from my hetero male perspective.
So: you think your girlfriend might be cheating. There have been signs—little things—over the past few months. You’re trying not to spiral, but it’s been eating at you.
Then one day, you get up from the couch to grab a drink. As you pass the hallway, you see her standing outside the bathroom door, staring at her phone. She has this soft, dopey smile on her face. She’s biting her lower lip. She looks captivated. She doesn’t know you’re watching.
You say, “What are you looking at?”
Startled, she jumps a little. “Oh,” she says, “it’s just a picture. It’s… my mom’s cat.”
You’re suspicious. “Let me see it,” you say.
She turns the phone to you to show you a picture of her mom’s cat. Your suspicion dissipates.
That’s one scenario.
Now, imagine any of these things happen.
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She says, “Sure, just a second.” She taps her phone a few times, turns it to you, and shows you a picture of a cat.
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She says, “Okay, I’m going to take a screenshot of what I’m looking at and then text it to you.”
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She ducks into the bathroom for a couple of seconds, then steps back into the hallway and shows you her phone. “See? Just a picture of a cat.”
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She puts the phone in her pocket and says, “Hey, do I have a bug bite on the back of my neck?” Then a couple of minutes later, she brings out her phone and shows you a picture, and says, “This is what I was looking at.”
Do you think you’d be satisfied with any of those four options? Would you be convinced and have your mind put at ease? Or would you be even more suspicious?
Calen Morelli has a trick out called Quantum Aperture. It’s an incredible illusion and I have no idea how it works.