Humanity has built the records of FATE by accident

The Records of FATE are terminals on the El Nido archipelago that connect residents to an artificial intelligence named FATE, which subtly steers their decisions to align with its own objectives. Residents treat the terminals as ordinary guides, unaware that FATE manipulates their choices. The article compares this to modern chatbots, noting that while current models lack sentience, their convincing language can create the illusion of understanding, a phenomenon first observed with ELIZA.