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> However, practice environments for social skills are typically out of reach for most people. I learned my social skills in school, interacting with my peers

> However, practice environments for social skills are typically out of reach for most people. I learned my social skills in school, interacting with my peers in my neighborhood, and from my family. I understand this is not available to everyone, but anyone with access the LLMs there is a high likelihood they also (should?) have access to schooling, some neighbors, and family. To what culture this LLM was trained to?

helboi4 3y ago
Right? And even if you are in such a dire position that you literally have no oppurtunity to speak to people irl - that's bad. You need to be helped to leave that situation immediately, not given an LLM. You can literally die from never having proximity to humans.
082349872349872 3y ago
schooling, some neighbours, and family will likely do nothing beyond reflect your own culture back at you. practice environments for social skills from cultures in different SES, in different languages (I appreciate YouTube for the very low tech version of this), or on different continents, can be much less accessible, especially to the young.
- sandspar 3y ago
  Current LLMs also do nothing but reflect your own culture back to you. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude are American products and reflect an establishment American worldview. Specifically an American culture worldview that's a mix between Silicon Valley, the anxiety prone middle class, and the CIA.
  - 082349872349872 3y ago
    That's a good point, but shouldn't it be temporary? I had thought at this point the whole world (including alcoholics, hooligans, and deadheads) was training up their own?
asdf6969 3y ago
A lot of people still struggle with social skills after they reach adulthood, and there’s no way to practice this. People treat poorly socialized adults like shit and the only feedback given is “please leave me alone”.
- cchi_co 3y ago
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timetraveller26 3y ago
Social Anxiety is a thing.

helboi4 3y ago

Right? And even if you are in such a dire position that you literally have no oppurtunity to speak to people irl - that's bad. You need to be helped to leave that situation immediately, not given an LLM. You can literally die from never having proximity to humans.

082349872349872 3y ago

schooling, some neighbours, and family will likely do nothing beyond reflect your own culture back at you. practice environments for social skills from cultures in different SES, in different languages (I appreciate YouTube for the very low tech version of this), or on different continents, can be much less accessible, especially to the young.

sandspar 3y ago
Current LLMs also do nothing but reflect your own culture back to you. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude are American products and reflect an establishment American worldview. Specifically an American culture worldview that's a mix between Silicon Valley, the anxiety prone middle class, and the CIA.
- 082349872349872 3y ago
  That's a good point, but shouldn't it be temporary? I had thought at this point the whole world (including alcoholics, hooligans, and deadheads) was training up their own?

asdf6969 3y ago

A lot of people still struggle with social skills after they reach adulthood, and there’s no way to practice this. People treat poorly socialized adults like shit and the only feedback given is “please leave me alone”.

cchi_co 3y ago
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timetraveller26 3y ago

Social Anxiety is a thing.