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James_K ◴[] No.43947533[source]
Respectfully, no sh*t. I've talked to a few of these things, and they are feckless yes-men. It's honestly creepy, they sound like they want something from you. Which I suppose they do: continual use of their services. I know a few people who use these things for therapy (I think it is the most popular use now) and I'm downright horrified at the sort of stuff they say. I even know a person who uses the AI to date. They will paste conversations from apps into the AI and ask it how to respond. I've set a rule for myself; I will never speak to machines. Sure, right now it's obvious that they are trying to inflate my ego and keep using the service, but one day they might get good enough to trick me. I already find social media algorithms quite addictive, and so I have minimise them in my life. I shudder to think what a trained agent like these may be capable of.
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1. 52-6F-62 ◴[] No.43948260[source]
I’ve also experimented with them in that capacity. I like to know first hand. I play the skeptic but I tend to feed the beast a little blood in order to understand it, at least.

As a result, I agree with you.

It gives me pause when I stop to think about anyone without more context placing so much trust in these. And the developers engaged in the “industry” of it demanding blind faith and full payment.