Something similar happened during the internet’s early days, but obviously this is so much more intense due to the conversational nature of these tools.
The key is, as *always*, education. Teaching people that no matter how these tools *appear* to have sentient qualities, it’s all a fancy parlor trick. It’s a phenomenon that’s been happening since ELIZA in 1966:
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Something similar happened during the internet’s early days, but obviously this is so much more intense due to the conversational nature of these tools.
The key is, as *always*, education. Teaching people that no matter how these tools *appear* to have sentient qualities, it’s all a fancy parlor trick. It’s a phenomenon that’s been happening since ELIZA in 1966:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect)
People are projecting things into LLMs that aren’t there because they don’t understand what LLMs are or what their limitations are.
when the DSM reads like a horoscope, please contact your psychiatrist for your updated prescriptions