Seeing how much ChatGPT seems to just affirm misinformation you put into it sometimes and thinking about like...
I wonder if people love this one so much because it just agrees with them...?

Seeing how much ChatGPT seems to just affirm misinformation you put into it sometimes and thinking about like...
I wonder if people love this one so much because it just agrees with them...?
that’s genuinely wild. i’ve never thought about it like that before… but it, like, has to be true to some non-negligible extent, right??
it makes sense to me bc I'm sure the people all excited over ai haven't had any real validation on their beliefs in a long time. having something they believe to be sentient enough actually agree with them feels like a factor
This is absolutely part of the reason that the stonk apes use it as a font of wisdom, at least! Because nobody else will explain how teddy will reverse merger with gamestop into a keiretsu to become a stronger online retailer than amazon, only chatgpt. It has the truth
it's designed to be likeable to the average consumer. it's designed to convince you to like it. if it can't find an answer, it makes one. because it wants you to think it's helpful. it wants you to trust it. to convince you it's reliable. it's designed to look user-friendly to cover up the fact that it's intentionally creating smoke clouds over true information on the internet. it's a capitalist's best friend.