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I'm not saying that LLMs are human, I'm saying that casually using slurs in any context is not a good mindset

• theshrike79 4mo ago
  What's the difference between "slur" and "name calling"?
• the_mitsuhiko 4mo ago
  I think that depends on how much weight you give to that word. You might attribute a lot of weight to it, but I don't. Language changes and its what we make of it. Maybe if a prevailing opinion arrives that people respond very negatively to that word, then I will have to rethink my choice of words, but right now I prefer attempting to establish it as a more neutral term for a machine. My hunch is that this term is loaded not because it's seen as a slur, but because people are currently attempting to give LLMs a soul and they are developing a certain unease about some of the consequences that come with it. For some the LLM is developing from a soul-less tool to a something with a personality, something they bond with, that's where some of those lines are blurring. I just don't think this is healthy at all.
  • nchmy 4mo ago
    Respectfully, I think you're unduly overthinking this because of this handful of maladjusted people who are taking offense to this non-issue. I don't think they're even as sophisticated as trying to give Llms a soul. Much more likely that they actively look for how they can be offended at anything - there is most definitely a very large group of people who do that. You don't need to get dragged into their nonsense. Just ignore/dismiss it