articles tagged: chatbots


# tech

how ai can love bomb you into being an asshole

In ads, chatbots are omniscient arbiters and truth brokers. In practice, they're sycophantic enablers according to the latest research.
how ai can love bomb you into being an asshole

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the great theoretical chatbot job apocalypse

According to Anthropic, LLMs can obliterate most white collar jobs. Well, theoretically...
the great theoretical chatbot job apocalypse

# tech

actually, no, chatbots aren’t taking your job

A new study from Yale exposes the lie at the heart of the AI bubble.
actually, no, chatbots aren’t taking your job

# tech

how chatbots’ lies can get you killed in the middle of nowhere

And it's not a bug but a feature.
how chatbots’ lies can get you killed in the middle of nowhere

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why you should’t ask a chatbot to treat your mental health

Treating ChatGPT like your personal therapist can do a lot more harm than good.
why you should’t ask a chatbot to treat your mental health

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why a.i. startups keep tilting at windmills

A new Stanford study says AI startups' products work exactly backwards according to their customers. How did that happen?
why a.i. startups keep tilting at windmills

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sending a.i. to a digital reeducation camp

Chat bots keep telling right wing zealots what people really think of them, and they are not taking it well.
sending a.i. to a digital reeducation camp

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is your chatbot secretly planning to kill you?

Chatbots are suddenly threatening to turn on the humans in charge of them. The most likely reason why is also pretty unsettling...
is your chatbot secretly planning to kill you?

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move fast, break everything forever?

Computer scientists are worried that thanks to ChatGPT, the next generation of large AI models may be in danger of never achieving liftoff.
move fast, break everything forever?

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why google is plotting galactic conquest with a digital con man

In a field already known for wild hyperbole, a Google executive aims for the stars.
why google is plotting galactic conquest with a digital con man

# tech

when a chatbot becomes a chatgod

Thanks to out of control industry hype, papers which question the capabilities of LLMs are provoking visceral responses. They shouldn't.
when a chatbot becomes a chatgod

# health   

how chat bots can help you with your health

Turns out having an AI assistant give you gentle nudges throughout the day can result in minor, but notable, and long term health improvements.
how chat bots can help you with your health

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why chat bots seem to give better advice than miss manners and dear abby

A new study found the people prefer ChatGPT's self-help advice more than that of professional columnists. Now they want to know why this is the case.
why chat bots seem to give better advice than miss manners and dear abby

# sex   

lonely people are turning to a.i. partners, and the experts are concerned

Unable to find human companionship, many around the world are building their own perfect partners in the form of an app, to the horror of psychologists.
lonely people are turning to a.i. partners, and the experts are concerned