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I struggle to imagine that your perspective is representative. Most human beings, I surmise, value human interaction more than we value object interaction. Even

by rexpop 2y ago

I struggle to imagine that your perspective is representative. Most human beings, I surmise, value human interaction more than we value object interaction. Even the output of these new language models—while flexible, reliable, and available—pales noticeably in comparison to what a living creativity can produce. You might be able, sometime in the future, to fool me. That was the hideously disgusting premise of The Matrix, wasn't it? Ah, no; even in the Matrix, we had one another.

drusepth 2y ago
> Most human beings, I surmise, value human interaction more than we value object interaction. I think the key here is that you never see a human (or object) when interacting with others on the internet; your brain fills in the gaps to say there's a person on the other end, but you never know that for sure [1]. For interactions on the internet, I don't think there's any meaningful differentiation between human interaction or object interaction; it's all just interaction that acts like interaction with any human would. You judge that conversation based on its content and quality and continue it if you're enjoying it (or find whatever value you're interacting for), or just move on if you're not -- regardless of who's on the other side of the screen. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you%27re_a_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...