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This is what happens when humans give, in this case, bots full write access (via natural language) to their brains. Humans have not evolved to block this.
by vachina 7mo ago
This is what happens when humans give, in this case, bots full write access (via natural language) to their brains.
Humans have not evolved to block this.
- pigpop 7mo agoHaven't we? Our evolutionary experience with deception and manipulation via language is as old as language itself and even older than that when the vector isn't language. Even so, a sucker is born every day.
- aydyn 7mo agoStudies have shown that AI is significantly better at manipulating opinions. Mechanically, LLMs are choosing the best next token trained over all human writing, so it shouldn't be a surprise that the words and prose AI use are more powerful on average.
- tedmiston 7mo agocritical thinking is alive and well
- intended 7mo agoEh? IIRC studies shown that LLMs sound more persuasive than humans. On top of it, they dont tire and have no distractions or “motivations”. The most powerful social skill I have ever seen, bar none, is actively listening to someone with undivided attention.
- pigpop 7mo agoThey just agree. That's not really persuasion but it is a trap for people who really want to believe they are right.
- intended 7mo agoDepending on the prompt you are using, its definitely more than just agree. Hell, I had a prompt that I used to sift through my thoughts, and at one point its output was too eerie for me to take.
- doublerabbit 7mo agoNor block many other things too. At this point Humans are just giant walking teddy bears fed by tainted external data to feed a prediction logarithm. Not much different then AI. Other than they can only live on Static-Live responses. AI on a brain chip - that'd different.
- lostlogin 7mo agoThe end of the article is wild. “I experienced a mental breakdown at 22. I had panic attacks and severe social anxiety… …I still use AI, but very carefully”. It reads like an alcoholic describing their new plan where they only drink a little bit.
- nradov 7mo agoIs that really so crazy? People who overcome addictive eating disorders still have to eat a little bit. LLMs are going to be pervasive in all aspects of human society so avoiding them will be much harder than avoiding alcohol.
- pfortuny 7mo agoAlcohol is not a necessity, just to be fair. In that sense alcoholism is not a simple eating disorder, it is a drug addiction.
- intended 7mo agoFrom what I have seen, people who get through eating disorders describe it as having a healthier relationship with food. Getting to that point requires doing substantial work.
- nradov 7mo ago[dead]
- array_key_first 7mo agoWell eating is not optional, LLM use certainly is. If the risk is that you might jump into a psychosis and hurt yourself and others, it's probably not worth it.
- tedmiston 7mo agoAI guardrails continue to make safety improvements — comparing a rapidly evolving advanced technology to a drug is a broken analogy to me. One gets safer over time; the other gets more dangerous. But also, the risk profile and statistics are radically different: alcohol is inherently dangerous (toxic) to everyone. Chatbots are just another tool — there are a small percentage of people with unhealthy relationships to any tool, but that does not make the tool a dangerous drug.
- anlka 7mo agoAnger, resentment, cynicism, derision are all part of a healthy human. The problem is that humans have been reeducated to suppress these healthy defense mechanisms by Silicon Valley and their moderators.
- kykat 7mo agoYou are not allowed to not be happy in this amazing new world.
- IshKebab 7mo agoSome humans. It's no different to religion. Not everyone falls for it (or fails to escape it, if your parents are religious).