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I do. But only towards entities capable of receiving it. Otherwise I am deceiving myself, and projecting intelligence that is not there. We (some of us) practic
by irthomasthomas 4mo ago
I do. But only towards entities capable of receiving it. Otherwise I am deceiving myself, and projecting intelligence that is not there. We (some of us) practice kindness automatically, but that trait was likely selected due to the benefit it gives us by activating the law of reciprocity.
Edit: Also, your feeling good after being kind essentially completes the transaction. But I know being kind to an LLM has zero impact on that LLM and I feel silly pretending it does.
- daymanstep 4mo agoIf by practicing kindness towards rocks, you become more inclined to act kindly towards other humans, then surely that is a net win.
- cwmoore 4mo agoAnd if instead, by anthropomorphizing inanimate objects we eliminate the affect of actual empathy, we obviate the need for being human at all.
- irthomasthomas 4mo agoIs there a cost? For LLMs this article claims the cost is ~5%