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Haven'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
by pigpop 7mo ago
Haven'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.