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The economic implications don't worry me. The social implications do. Look at how fast it's getting better. Look at how quickly we're taking the very basic cap
by mabbo 4y ago
The economic implications don't worry me. The social implications do.
Look at how fast it's getting better. Look at how quickly we're taking the very basic capabilities and expanding on them. Where will it peak? How good can it get?
Imagine if you had free access to a really, really good therapist 24/7. If everyone did. It learns you better and better, has the wisdom of 10,000 years of therapy sessions, can analyze you better than any human can. What happens next?
What about a LLM that replaces having friends? We're all lonelier than ever these days it seems. What if you had a pretty good friend that made jokes and chatted with you and had fun idea and stories. Someone you genuinely enjoyed talking to, maybe more than other people.
How long until someone comes forward genuinely in romantic love with an LLM? People fall in love over the internet all the time. Maybe this time it's not a real person.
I think we will fall for it. I think the models will get good enough that all of that will come to pass and a dozen things we never predicted.
- jowsie 4y ago>How long until someone comes forward genuinely in romantic love with an LLM? People fall in love over the internet all the time. Maybe this time it's not a real person. This has been a thing for a while with apps like Replika, which aren't even that good.