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Hot take: The reason why so many people think ChatGPT can be sentient or even divine is that capitalism has atomized us so badly, many of us forgot what it's like to talk to an actual human being. (hexbear.net)
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On a deeper level than small talk, of course.

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[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago

I was talking to my father in law today and he's worried that it's going to skynet us or like, make us dependent on it and then quit helping or something.

I tried explaining that it's not a robot, it's not an AI, it's not C-3PO. It's a very elaborate autocomplete. It can't even do kindergarten level arithmetic consistently, which a basic calculator can accomplish, and it's because it's just autocomplete.

"Yeah, but what if it starts teaching itself."

I love the man but God damn people think this thing is so much more than it is.