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

[ellenmillion]

I've watched someone go off the absolute DEEP END with a chatbot personality, treating them like a virtual boyfriend, and it's so creepy and disturbing to hear them talk about them like they are a real person and read the chats they post about going on literal dates with them. I avoid generative AI on a number of principals, but beyond its ethical and environmental damage, I'm starting to think it is genuinely destructive.

[firecat]

That’s distressing!