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[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 13 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (22 children)

This hits differently over the recent news that ChatGPT encouraged and aided a teen suicide.

transcriptKelsey Piper xhitted: Never thought I'd become a 'take you relationship problems to ChatGPT' person but when the 8yo and I have an argument it actually works really well to mutually agree on an account of events for Claude and the ask for its opinion

I think she considers the AIs far more knowledgeable than me about reasonable human behavior so if I say something that's no reason to think it's true but if Claude says it then it at least merits serious consideration

[–] nightsky@awful.systems 15 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

When an 8 year old thinks an AI is "far more knowledgeable than me about reasonable human behavior" that could lead a person to self-reflection. Could.

[–] madengineering@mastodon.cloud 4 points 16 hours ago

@nightsky @Architeuthis Computer programs are generally written to be basically polite for customer service purposes.

A generative text program that opened chats with "Ugh, what do you want THIS time, loser?" would likely find itself ....corrected.... by the parent company on short order.

[–] kgMadee2@mathstodon.xyz 5 points 19 hours ago

@nightsky @Architeuthis the kid's not wrong, though 😭

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