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		EarthLaunch 35 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Measuring the impact of AI on experienced open-sou... > The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/ Plus there's a gambling mechanic: Push the button, sometimes get things for free.

lll-o-lll 35 days ago [–]

This is very interesting and disturbing. We are outsourcing our decision making to an algorithmic “Mentalist” and will reap a terrible reward. I need to ween myself off the comforting teat of the chatbot psychic.

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