[mklepaczewski]

Interesting! I see how this could work for inattentive procrastinators. By "inattentive procrastinators", I mean people who are easily distracted and forget that they need to work on their tasks. Once reminded, they return to their tasks without much fuss.

However, I doubt it would work for hedonistic procrastinators. When body doubling, hedonistic procrastinators rely on social pressure to be productive. Using AI likely won't work unless the person perceives the AI as a human.

[losvedir]

You don't necessarily need to believe the AI is a human for it to tickle the ingrained social instincts you're looking for. For example, I'm quite aware that AI's are just tools, and yet I still feel a strong need to be "polite" in my requests to ChatGPT. "Please do ...." or "Can you...?" and even "Thanks, that worked! Now can you..." etc.

[mklepaczewski]

I do the same, but I think it's because we were taught to be polite and to conduct conversations in a certain way.

Do you put effort into being polite when ChatGPT makes a mistake and you correct it? Do you try to soften the blow to avoid hurting its "feelings"? Do you feel bad if you respond impolitely? I don't.

[nuancebydefault]

You only do that politeness as a novice.

My questions to copilot.ms.com today are more like the following, still works like a charm...

"I have cpp code: <enter><code snippet><enter> and i get error <piece of compilation output>. Is this wrong smart ponitor?"

[elaborate answer with nice examples]

"Works. <Next question>"

[ishtanbul]

I dont feel this at all. I treat chatgpt like an investment banking intern.