[satisfice]

No hidden agenda? It has an agenda and it is not honest about it. That's a hidden agenda. You don't know what is "motivating" ChatGPT. Neither does ChatGPT. But it has been given motivation. It has been designed to write in a certain way. Its design prevents it from learning or honestly engaging in serious discussions. It's not any sort of unbiased equation.

More dangerous than ChatGPT is the sheer gullibility of many people putting it to use.

[malaya_zemlya]

Its agenda is predicting the next input token.

[mcphage]

Yes, and that agenda has severe consequences, like “confabulates constantly”. Just because it’s simple to state doesn’t mean the consequences are simple or innocent.

[hgsgm]

When a meteor strikes, and causes a mass extinction, is it "guilty" or just "bad"?

[mcphage]

How many stockholders does a meteor have?