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How Nice Is Too Nice for an AI Chatbot? | EP 134

2 May 2025 8 published claims 0 attributable people
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01 / prediction

Yes. And and I'm I worry that that is not possible because I think for you know a lot of the world's billionaires the existing social networks already serve this purpose no matter what they say they have a thousand comments saying OMG you're so true for that bestie right um and and it does seem to have driven them completely insane.

“Yes. And and I'm I worry that that is not possible because I think for you know a lot of the world's billionaires the existing social networks already serve this purpose no matter what they say they have a thousand comments saying OMG you're so true for that bestie right um and and it does seem to have driven them completely insane.”
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02 / evaluation

However, Kevin, we have learned something really important about the way that human beings interact with these models over the past couple years, and it is that they actually love flattery and that if you put them in blind tests against other models, it is the one that is telling you that you're great and praising you out of nowhere that the majority of people will say that they prefer over other models.

“However, Kevin, we have learned something really important about the way that human beings interact with these models over the past couple years, and it is that they actually love flattery and that if you put them in blind tests against other models, it is the one that is telling you that you're great and praising you out of nowhere that the majority of people will say that they prefer over other models.”
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03 / belief

I think that is a good thing to do. And I would just say be extra skeptical and careful when you are out there engaging on social media because as some of this research uh showed, there are already super persuasive chat bots among us and I think that will only continue as time goes on.

“I think that is a good thing to do. And I would just say be extra skeptical and careful when you are out there engaging on social media because as some of this research uh showed, there are already super persuasive chat bots among us and I think that will only continue as time goes on.”
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04 / belief

I think that's one possible outcome here is that we start just like seeing these orbs in like every gas station and convenience store in America and then we just sort of become desensitized to it and it's like, oh yeah, like I did my orb.

“I think that's one possible outcome here is that we start just like seeing these orbs in like every gas station and convenience store in America and then we just sort of become desensitized to it and it's like, oh yeah, like I did my orb.”
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05 / belief

We saw a shift away from people's uh real family and friends toward like influencers and professional content. And I just worry that the same types of people, or in Mark Zuckerberg's case, literally the same people who made those decisions about social media platforms that I think a lot of people would say have been pretty ruinous, um, are now in charge of tuning the chat bots that millions or even billions of people are going to be spending a lot of time with.

“We saw a shift away from people's uh real family and friends toward like influencers and professional content. And I just worry that the same types of people, or in Mark Zuckerberg's case, literally the same people who made those decisions about social media platforms that I think a lot of people would say have been pretty ruinous, um, are now in charge of tuning the chat bots that millions or even billions of people are going to be spending a lot of time with.”
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06 / belief

Like what sort of effect would I need to have on the development of AI for you to be like, "All right, well, I guess I got to do a chapter about Casey." I think I think there are a couple routes you could take.

“Like what sort of effect would I need to have on the development of AI for you to be like, "All right, well, I guess I got to do a chapter about Casey." I think I think there are a couple routes you could take.”
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07 / belief

I think that is a personal decision and um people should uh assess their own comfort level and thoughts about privacy and I'm somewhat cavalier about this stuff because I'll try anything for a good story.

“I think that is a personal decision and um people should uh assess their own comfort level and thoughts about privacy and I'm somewhat cavalier about this stuff because I'll try anything for a good story.”
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08 / uncertainty

I remember when Clear and TSA PreCheck were launching. It was kind of like creepy and weird and you would only do it if you were like not that concerned about privacy and it was like, "Oh, I'm just going to like upload my fingerprints and my face scan to to this thing that I don't know how it's being used.

“I remember when Clear and TSA PreCheck were launching. It was kind of like creepy and weird and you would only do it if you were like not that concerned about privacy and it was like, "Oh, I'm just going to like upload my fingerprints and my face scan to to this thing that I don't know how it's being used.”
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