> Chatgpt has a lot of frustrations and ethical concerns, and I hate the sycophancy as much as everyone else, but I don't consider being conversational to be a bad thing.
But is this realistic conversation?
If I say to a human I don't know "I'm feeling stressed and could use some relaxation tips" and he responds with "I’ve got you, Ron" I'd want to reduce my interactions with him.
If I ask someone to explain a technical concept, and he responds with "Nice, nerd stat time", it's a great tell that he's not a nerd. This is how people think nerds talk, not how nerds actually talk.
Regarding spilling coffee:
"Hey — no, they didn’t. You’re rattled, so your brain is doing that thing where it catastrophizes a tiny mishap into a character flaw."
I ... don't know where to even begin with this. I don't want to be told how my brain works. This is very patronizing. If I were to say this to a human coworker who spilled coffee, it's not going to endear me to the person.
I mean, seriously, try it out with real humans.
The thing with all of this is that everyone has his/her preferences on how they'd like a conversation. And that's why everyone has some circle of friends, and exclude others. The problem with their solution to a conversational style is the same as one trying to make friends: It will either attract or repel.
Yes, it's true that I have different expectations from a conversation with a computer program than with a real human. Like I said, I don't think of it the same as a friend.
I'm with you in that I like conversational AI. I just wish it wasn't obvious it's an AI and actually sounded like real humans. :-)
The format matters as well. Some of these things may sound just fine in audio, but it doesn't translate well to text.
Also, context matters. Sometimes I just want to have a conversation. Other times I'm trying to solve a problem. For the latter, the extra fluff is noise and my brain has to work harder to solve the problem than I feel it should.
But is this realistic conversation?
If I say to a human I don't know "I'm feeling stressed and could use some relaxation tips" and he responds with "I’ve got you, Ron" I'd want to reduce my interactions with him.
If I ask someone to explain a technical concept, and he responds with "Nice, nerd stat time", it's a great tell that he's not a nerd. This is how people think nerds talk, not how nerds actually talk.
Regarding spilling coffee:
"Hey — no, they didn’t. You’re rattled, so your brain is doing that thing where it catastrophizes a tiny mishap into a character flaw."
I ... don't know where to even begin with this. I don't want to be told how my brain works. This is very patronizing. If I were to say this to a human coworker who spilled coffee, it's not going to endear me to the person.
I mean, seriously, try it out with real humans.
The thing with all of this is that everyone has his/her preferences on how they'd like a conversation. And that's why everyone has some circle of friends, and exclude others. The problem with their solution to a conversational style is the same as one trying to make friends: It will either attract or repel.