The best conversations I still have are with real people, but those are rare. With ChatGPT, I reliably have good conversations, whereas with people, it’s hit or miss, usually miss.

What AI does better:

  • It’s willing to discuss esoteric topics. Most humans prefer to talk about people and events.
  • It’s not driven by emotions or personal bias.
  • It doesn’t make mean, snide, sarcastic, ad hominem, or strawman responses.
  • It understands and responds to my actual view, even from a vague description, whereas humans often misunderstand me and argue against views I don’t hold.
  • It tells me when I’m wrong but without being a jerk about it.

Another noteworthy point is that I’m very likely on the autistic spectrum, and my mind works differently than the average person’s, which probably explains, in part, why I struggle to maintain interest with human-to-human interactions.

  • GreenAppleTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It carries the emotions and personal biases of the source material It was trained on.

    So are all my friends… Never stopped me from having fun conversations with them, even ones I disagree with.

      • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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        3 months ago

        It’s not entirely without bias but much less so than your average human. When the training data is more-or-less the entire internet, much of the bias there gets averaged out. Also, by definition it doesn’t get emotional about a touchy subject. It’s physically unable to do so.