Got insincere flattery?

[firecat]

“But I had an epiphany. You know what all this sycophancy constantly being told you’re right, that you’re brilliant, that every decision is flawless? That sounds an awful lot like being a billionaire.”

[sic - perhaps the grammatical error is to show the writer is not an AI]

"The Secret Tool AI Uses to Seduce You: Explained," by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis

I use AI to get answers to simple questions and I hate when the bot addresses me personally. I hate it possibly to an irrational degree. (Even when someone else shares with me an AI convo they had, I get mad.) Do you use AI for anything and what do you think of this design choice?

Comments

[lilacsigil]

I avoid it and have never deliberately used it. A few results popped up on Duck Duck Go before I turned it off and 2 of the 3 "answers" I saw were completely wrong, and the other one was only half right.

I do think analytical AI is an amazing tool for research. But generative AI is not just pointless but actively harmful.