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AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people's minds

139 points · 105 comments · rbanffy

  1. bena · · focus · HN ↗
    Plausible abdication of thought.

    We put 2 + 2 in our calculator, we get 4. We've spent decades pushing computers as accurate. Making them accurate. We trust the machine and the process to give us the right answers when we put in the right data.

    So when we disagree with the computer, we doubt ourselves.

    1. rbanffy · · focus · HN ↗
      > So when we disagree with the computer, we doubt ourselves.

      I rarely disagree with my calculator, but I often ask LLMs to explain why they did something, and I sometimes need to correct them, adjust their assumptions and nudge the goals they stated. These things are a lot more like us than my trusty TI-59 (still going strong, BTW).

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