Who are these people? This is ridiculous. :)
I guess with so many humans, there is bound to be a small number of people who have no ability to think for themselves and believe everything a chat bot is writing in their web browser.
People even have romantic relationships with these things.
I dont agree with the argument that chat gpt should “push back”. They have an example in the article where the guy asked for tall bridges to jump from, and chat gpt listed them of course.
Are we expecting the llm to act like a psychologist, evaluating if the users state of mind is healthy before answering questions?
Very slippery slope if you ask me.
I know a guy who has all kinds of theories about sentient life in the universe, but noone to talk to about them. It’s because they’re pretty obvious to anyone who took a philosophy class, and too out there for people who are not interestes in such discussions. I tried to be a conversation partner for him but it always ends up with awkward silence on my part and a monologue on his side at some point.
So, he finally found a sentient being who always knows what to answer in the form of ChatGPT and now they develop his ideas together. I don’t think it’s bad for him overall, but the last report I got from his conversations with the superbeing was that it told him to write a book about it because he’s full of innovative ideas. I hope he lacks persistence to actually write one.