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by banrovegrie 400 days ago
But wrt how it can impact society, might be worrisome with people emotionally depending on entities they can't have direct real life interaction or experience with. But again that's a separate headache with no real answers as of now. We can only deal with it once it exists.
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Emotional dependency on ChatGPT for sfw topics is already here, as you can describe your real life relationships with people and ask it to ask you questions and have it analyze the situation until it says you're right and they're wrong.

Is it materially different if the LLM also says "I put on my robe and my wizard hat..."?

I’d argue gambling apps are much worse in terms of their damage to society, and those are everywhere today and with AI.