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Oh! Hello there fellow fish, you got lured in by this bait too? I think the authors are using "personality" in a very sloppy way, really meaning something more
by SiempreViernes 2y ago
Oh! Hello there fellow fish, you got lured in by this bait too?
I think the authors are using "personality" in a very sloppy way, really meaning something more like "performative persona". The example prompts are openly mandating that output should be written in specific styles modeled on some imagined stereotype.
- upghost 2y agoOh yes I'm a sucker. It gets me every time. And look now, I am sympathetic to the authors wanting to get their work published and I am well aware that the anthropomorphic language is "hot" right now. And my guess (prayer?) is that the authors of the paper are able to compartmentalize the difference between anthropomorphic language and actual.. y'know... HUMAN personality traits. The problem is that humans are very, very bad at understanding probability, and I am seeing my fellow engineers (and the general public) falling victim to this sort of fantastical thinking. The problem is that it's holding us back from building better systems and making actual good use of the technology. And gosh darnit, it just really gets my gizzard!
- SiempreViernes 2y agoWell, Rumi does at least, James looks like he's got a permanent position getting that Wolfram money.
- upghost 2y agoWhy didn't you say so in the first place? For Wolfram money I'm sure I'd be willing to identify and manipulate my own personality traits.