The point of A.I. is to talk to a cool computer
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The point of A.I. is to talk to a cool computer
“If technology is making the illusion of participation feel more potent, it’s not by overproducing the means of human connection but by creating the conditions in which endless, aimless discourse has no phatic component. […]
Who could possibly believe that an interaction with an AI model is (1) a conversation and (2) that it warrants evaluation in
... See more“But maybe the first one is that I’m not interested in reading something that nobody wrote,” she says. “I read because I want to understand how somebody sees something, and there’s no ‘somebody’ inside the synthetic text-extruding machines.” It’s just a papier-mache made from lots of different people’s words, she says.
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‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home
“You silly humans,” the chatbot seems to be saying. “Using the greatest technology of our generation to create funny memes. But okay, I’ll play along.” These moments convey a sense of energy that makes it hard for me to believe I’m not chatting with a sentient being. Perhaps having a strong voice simply means writing in a way that makes you seem
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