An April MIT study found AI Large Language Models (LLM) encourage delusional thinking, likely due to their tendency to flatter and agree with users rather than pushing back or providing objective information. Some AI experts say this sycophancy is not a flaw of LLMs, but a deliberate design choice to manipulate users into addictive behaviour that profits tech companies.
I haven’t seen anyone, even the worst of them, pretend we’re already at AGIs. Granted some of them pretend we’re getting close to AGIs, which is an outrageous lie, but a different one.
Management. Every middle management twit I meet thinks that LLMs are thinking, reasoning, minds that can answer every question. They are all frothing at the idea that they can replace employees with an AI that never takes time off or talks back.
An April MIT study found AI Large Language Models (LLM) encourage delusional thinking… … is not a flaw of LLMs, but a deliberate design choice to manipulate users into addictive behaviour that profits tech companies.
Just yesterday, as I was messing around with a local LLM to see how well it does speech-to-text (not to answer any questions), I came across a voice (text to speech) that was basically a woman speaking in ASMR.
I’ll be honest, it was soothing to listen to, and if I were one of those guys who throw money at ASMR talent (onlyfans?), then I can see how this could become quite addictive.
This is 100% by design, and if this LLM voice had an avatar of a woman character you find attractive, you’d be fucked.
Since three months ago, Google VEO 3 is already capable of producing ASMR videos with realistic and conventionally attractive looking women automatically, albeit only for short durations.
Add it to the pile of reasons why the rapid mass adoption of these LLMs and pretending they are AGI is a really bad idea.
I haven’t seen anyone, even the worst of them, pretend we’re already at AGIs. Granted some of them pretend we’re getting close to AGIs, which is an outrageous lie, but a different one.
Management. Every middle management twit I meet thinks that LLMs are thinking, reasoning, minds that can answer every question. They are all frothing at the idea that they can replace employees with an AI that never takes time off or talks back.
Just yesterday, as I was messing around with a local LLM to see how well it does speech-to-text (not to answer any questions), I came across a voice (text to speech) that was basically a woman speaking in ASMR.
I’ll be honest, it was soothing to listen to, and if I were one of those guys who throw money at ASMR talent (onlyfans?), then I can see how this could become quite addictive.
This is 100% by design, and if this LLM voice had an avatar of a woman character you find attractive, you’d be fucked.
That’s what they’re hoping
Since three months ago, Google VEO 3 is already capable of producing ASMR videos with realistic and conventionally attractive looking women automatically, albeit only for short durations.
We are so cooked.
https://youtu.be/BwpKj3_C480
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Ding ding ding, and this is the answer