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>We are no longer relying on people for advice or questions, cause ChatGPT is just one tab away. I set the line at "people" questions. I'll ask an LLM about ma
by sznio 14d ago
>We are no longer relying on people for advice or questions, cause ChatGPT is just one tab away.
I set the line at "people" questions. I'll ask an LLM about math, programming, or how to better take care of my flowers.
But turning to an AI for the human questions, relationship advice, I don't even understand why one would do that. The machine hasn't experienced that. There is no objective truth to these questions. Asking other people these questions lets you connect and bond.
I noticed a long time ago that each personality trends towards an average of the community they interact with - which makes me even more hesitant to use LLMs outside of work. I don't want to start talking like a clanker myself. I go out of my way to interact with weird people.
Thinking back to pre-LLM days, I would have the same line with classical search engines. I would never Google for relationship advice, since it doesn't know me well enough to actually say something worthwhile.
- macgyverismo 13d agoI have come to think of this in the context of 'you can lead a horse to water (but can't make it drink)'. Good therapy is exactly that. There is surprisingly little personal knowledge needed to help someone. It's mostly about steering someone away from negative feedback loops. As much as I believe in human interactions, I actually think that LLMs can be helpful in this regard, provided the LLM provider doesn't prey on us. That last part is why I'm reluctant to advise people to use LLMs for these use cases. I feel that this is not a technical problem, more an alignment issue. Not of AI, but of other people. (in the form of big tech)