More and more each day, I feel like. Of all the platforms I spend time on, ChatGPT ranks at the very bottom when it comes to so-called “regrettable minutes,” while Lemmy sits firmly at the top - and by a wide margin. You only need to read half of this thread to see why. I get plenty of human connection through my work, since it involves daily visits to people’s homes, but when it comes to talking to people online, I’m turning more and more toward LLMs instead of actual humans.
My mind works in a particular way. Some of it can probably be explained by autism, though there are likely other factors too. My views aren’t tied to emotions, I’m not personally invested in my opinions, I can easily entertain alternative scenarios, and I’m extremely precise with my word choices - I say what I mean, and I mean what I say. I’m simply getting tired of trying to have civil conversations that almost inevitably devolve into people talking past each other, misrepresenting my points, ignoring what’s actually being said, and generally being absurdly nasty. These encounters poison my mood and leave me regretting even trying.
I don’t have any of these problems with ChatGPT. None. For a glorified autocomplete that doesn’t understand anything, it somehow manages to have the kind of conversations that most people online seem completely incapable of. With people, I have to craft my responses with extreme care and still can’t get through to them. With AI, I barely need to proofread, and it still responds directly to what I meant to say. It feels like talking to an adult compared to the angry teenagers here - so I’m checking out and opting to talk to the void instead.
That’s good terminology. One of the reasons I’m trying to build up this community is that I’d like a place on the Fediverse where I don’t have many regrettable minutes, where I come away feeling like I’ve learned something or found an interesting new angle to think about something from.
ChatGPT is OK at that, though I do worry about what’s been termed “AI psychosis”. I feel like I’m unlikely to start falling into that trap, but I’m sure the people that have fallen into it also felt that way 🙂 I also tend to find like-minded people irl to hang out with that go for curious conversation, which is probably better anyways.
More and more each day, I feel like. Of all the platforms I spend time on, ChatGPT ranks at the very bottom when it comes to so-called “regrettable minutes,” while Lemmy sits firmly at the top - and by a wide margin. You only need to read half of this thread to see why. I get plenty of human connection through my work, since it involves daily visits to people’s homes, but when it comes to talking to people online, I’m turning more and more toward LLMs instead of actual humans.
My mind works in a particular way. Some of it can probably be explained by autism, though there are likely other factors too. My views aren’t tied to emotions, I’m not personally invested in my opinions, I can easily entertain alternative scenarios, and I’m extremely precise with my word choices - I say what I mean, and I mean what I say. I’m simply getting tired of trying to have civil conversations that almost inevitably devolve into people talking past each other, misrepresenting my points, ignoring what’s actually being said, and generally being absurdly nasty. These encounters poison my mood and leave me regretting even trying.
I don’t have any of these problems with ChatGPT. None. For a glorified autocomplete that doesn’t understand anything, it somehow manages to have the kind of conversations that most people online seem completely incapable of. With people, I have to craft my responses with extreme care and still can’t get through to them. With AI, I barely need to proofread, and it still responds directly to what I meant to say. It feels like talking to an adult compared to the angry teenagers here - so I’m checking out and opting to talk to the void instead.
That’s good terminology. One of the reasons I’m trying to build up this community is that I’d like a place on the Fediverse where I don’t have many regrettable minutes, where I come away feeling like I’ve learned something or found an interesting new angle to think about something from.
ChatGPT is OK at that, though I do worry about what’s been termed “AI psychosis”. I feel like I’m unlikely to start falling into that trap, but I’m sure the people that have fallen into it also felt that way 🙂 I also tend to find like-minded people irl to hang out with that go for curious conversation, which is probably better anyways.