[152334H]

Maybe it's not so sensible to offload the responsibility of clear thinking to AI companies?

How is a chatbot supposed to determine when a user fools even themselves about what they have experienced?

What 'tough love' can be given to one who, having been so unreasonable throughout their lives - as to always invite scorn and retort from all humans alike - is happy to interpret engagement at all as a sign of approval?

[rsynnott]

> How is a chatbot supposed to determine when a user fools even themselves about what they have experienced?

And even if it _could_, note, from the article:

> Overall, the participants deemed sycophantic responses more trustworthy and indicated they were more likely to return to the sycophant AI for similar questions, the researchers found.

The vendors have a perverse incentive here; even if they _could_ fix it, they'd lose money by doing so.

[kibwen]

> Maybe it's not so sensible to offload the responsibility of clear thinking to AI companies?

Markets don't optimize for what is sensible, they optimize for what is profitable.

[SlinkyOnStairs]

It's not market driven. AI is ludicrously unprofitable for nearly all involved.

[cyanydeez]

The profit appears to be capturing the political class and it's associated lobbies and monied interests.

[isodev]

> clear thinking

Most humans working in tech lack this particular attribute, let alone tools driven by token-similarity (and not actual 'thinking').

[nicce]

> Maybe it's not so sensible to offload the responsibility of clear thinking to AI companies?

Maybe it’s not so sensible to offload the responsibility of tubacca addiction to tubacca companies?

[expedition32]

It's almost as if being a therapist is an actual job that takes years of training and experience!

AI may one day rewrite Windows but it will never be counselor Troi.

[fsmv]

Implying that programming is not an actual job that takes years of training and experience

To be clear I don't think the AI can do either job

[duskdozer]

Well, unless insurance companies figure out they can make more money by pushing everyone onto AI [step-]therapy instead of actual therapy

[yarn_]

Come on, I'm sure Dario can find a nice tight bodysuit for claude