[naasking]

Have you managed any kind of conversation with a clock before? Because you can actually have an intelligent conversation with an LLM. I think that's a pretty compelling case that it's not just swimming in the dominant paradigm.

[Planktonne]

People thought they were having intelligent conversations with Eliza; people even have satisfying emotional conversations with teddy bears.

It's not a good measurement.

[naasking]

> People thought they were having intelligent conversations with Eliza

Sure, but who has had a good conversation with a clock?

> people even have satisfying emotional conversations with teddy bears.

No they don't. Kids know very well that they're pretending to have conversations. The people who actually hear teddy bears speak also know that that's not normal, and we all know that this is a cognitive distortion.

[Planktonne]

> we all know that this is a cognitive distortion.

This is also true of those who form emotional attachments with current AI. The people developing romantic relationships with Replika etc. aren't engaging in healthy behaviour.