> Nor does our tendency to personify and get theatrically mad at things like malfunctioning devices (“the printer hates me”). Those are all flavors of ironic personhood attribution. At some level, we know we’re operating in the context of an I-it relationship. Just because it’s satisfying to pretend there’s an I-you process going on doesn’t mean we entirely believe our own pretense. We can stop believing, and switch to I-it mode if necessary. The I-you element, even if satisfying, is a voluntary act we can choose to not do.
> These chatbots are different.
Strong disagree, it's very easy to step back and say this is a program, input, output, the end.
All the people claiming this is some exhibition of personhood or whatever just don't want to spoil the illusion.
> These chatbots are different.
Strong disagree, it's very easy to step back and say this is a program, input, output, the end.
All the people claiming this is some exhibition of personhood or whatever just don't want to spoil the illusion.