Atwood has been writing about speculative futures for a long time, so it’s interesting to watch her react in real-time to one of them actually happening.
The post captures something real about LLMs: the interface makes the interaction feel like a social exchange even when you know perfectly well it isn’t. Despite knowing better we attribute intention/emotion/feeling to the LLM. I felt that the most in her (somewhat bleak) sign off at the end.
Atwood has been writing about speculative futures for a long time, so it’s interesting to watch her react in real-time to one of them actually happening.
The post captures something real about LLMs: the interface makes the interaction feel like a social exchange even when you know perfectly well it isn’t. Despite knowing better we attribute intention/emotion/feeling to the LLM. I felt that the most in her (somewhat bleak) sign off at the end.
There is a word "Paid" next to date So, this is just an ad?
Scroll down to the very end. This is a paid post, as in you have to pay to see the whole thing. It's just that the preview is very long.