I've seen two AI systems communicate with one another, realize they're both AI, then switch to their own, incomprehensible language for further communication.

It's called “GibberLink” and isn't implemented into any regular AI models, it's a FOSS program designed for a hackathon. However, the fact this is just something that exists now is scary.

@ErikUden Question: Are they actually communicating? Or are they just taking turns saying gibberish?

@uastronomer @ErikUden Very good question.

@catraxx @uastronomer @ErikUden the latter. GibberLink is just a different mode. Both sides use ElevenLabs to synthesize speech, until they “call a function” to switch to ggwave (data over sound protocol) after asserting compatibility on both sides.
The data exchanged is still just text, they are just more efficient in transmitting and parsing it (also cheaper than TTS and transcription).
This is really just like fax or dial-up, not alien language.

@crypticcelery @uastronomer @ErikUden That's a cute idea, but also kinda stupid.

@catraxx @crypticcelery @ErikUden Eh, depends. If it's an art installation making a statement about the relationship between man and machine or something then it's pretty clever. If it's a technical choice for efficient communication then lol.

@catraxx @uastronomer @ErikUden I mean, I kind of saw the appeal a few years ago of google duplex (this was before LLMs and likely a fake demo), as a socially awkward person. No awkward phone calls to book an appointment or the like.
That was past me, and wrong.
Now this just shows how inept we are at building compatible systems, we have to make the inefficient plagiarism machines somehow make systems compatible, instead of proper interfaces (1/2).

@catraxx @uastronomer @ErikUden
To roughly quote something here: We are not gonna build real standards while there is so much incentive to monetise walled gardens. And now the automated hallucinators are supposed to fill that gap.

I think this was from this episode of factually, but could not find the timestamp, apparently, there is no search bar for transcripts: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wAUTbQ4rPI4.