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> chatbots are responding to the user's contribution only Which is also why I feel the label "LLM Psychosis" has some merit to it, despite sounding scary. Muc
by Terr_ 1y ago
> chatbots are responding to the user's contribution only
Which is also why I feel the label "LLM Psychosis" has some merit to it, despite sounding scary.
Much like auditory hallucinations where voices are conveying ideas that seem-external-but-aren't... you can get actual text/sound conveying ideas that seem-external-but-aren't.
Oh, sure, even a real human can repeat ideas back at you in a conversation, but there's still some minimal level of vetting or filtering or rephrasing by another human mind.
- ouaihomme 1y ago> even a real human can repeat ideas back at you in a conversation, but there's still some minimal level of vetting or filtering or rephrasing by another human mind. The mental corruption due to surrounding oneself with sycophantic yes men is historically well documented.
- jamiek88 1y agoExcellent point. It’s bad for humans when humans do it! Imagine the perfect sycophant, never tires or dies, never slips, never pulls a bad facial expression, can immediately swerve their thoughts to match yours with no hiccups. It was a danger for tyrants and it’s now a danger for the lonely.
- Terr_ 1y agoI wonder if in the future that'll ever be a formal medical condition: Sycophancy poisoning, with chronic exposure leading to a syndrome of some sort...
- throw4847285 1y agoThat explains why Elon Musk is such an AI booster. The experience of using an LLM is not so different from his normal life.
- Lapsa 1y agoare you sure they are internal? https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9366412 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9366412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45957619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45957619