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The similarity to human interaction is irrelevant. No one apologises to a potato being peeled, nor compliments it for doing a great job being mashed.
by mycocola 4mo ago
The similarity to human interaction is irrelevant.
No one apologises to a potato being peeled, nor compliments it for doing a great job being mashed.
- apsurd 4mo agoI'm willing to bet you've never sent a single word to a potato ever. And you send thousands to an llm. This is not about llm sentience. this is about the habit and skill of communication.
- mycocola 4mo agoThe comparison fails because I don't send numbers to my potatoes either, but I do send thousands to calculators without a please and thank you. Practicing communications skills with LLMs I can get, but asserting that people who don't are playing god? Getting off on power?
- apsurd 4mo agoThe criticism comes because people self-share how they berate the agents, argue and curse at them. It's right here in the comment section. one comment speaks of causing physical (simulated i guess) thousand year pain as a means of obedience. it's weird.
- mycocola 4mo agoLLMs are not beings with thoughts or feelings, and if being mean to them were to somehow yield better results it would be no different than a cheat code in a game, or just constitute as clever use of game mechanics.
- scotty79 3mo agoNeither apologies, nor complements affect the behavior of the potato. Words affect the behavior of and LLM.