Humans continue to get very offended if they find out they are talking to an AI
In my limited experience of phone contact with AIs, this is only true for distinctly subhuman AIs. Then I emotionally react like I am talking to someone who is being deliberately obtuse, and become enraged. I’m not entirely clear on why I have this emotional reaction, but it’s very strong. Perhaps it is related to the Uncanny Valley effect. On the other hand, I’ve dealt with phone AIs that (acted like they) understood me, and we’ve concluded a pleasant and businesslike interaction. I may be typical-minding here, but I suspect that most people will only take offense if they run into the first kind of AI.
Perhaps this is related: I felt a visceral uneasiness dealing with chat-mode LLMs, until I tried Claude, which I found agreeable and helpful. Now I have a claude.ai subscription. Once again, I don’t understand the emotional difference.
I’m 62 years old, which may have something to do with it. I can feel myself being less mentally flexible than I was decades ago, and I notice myself slipping into crotchety-old-man mode more often. It’s a problem that requires deliberate effort to overcome.
In my limited experience of phone contact with AIs, this is only true for distinctly subhuman AIs. Then I emotionally react like I am talking to someone who is being deliberately obtuse, and become enraged. I’m not entirely clear on why I have this emotional reaction, but it’s very strong. Perhaps it is related to the Uncanny Valley effect. On the other hand, I’ve dealt with phone AIs that (acted like they) understood me, and we’ve concluded a pleasant and businesslike interaction. I may be typical-minding here, but I suspect that most people will only take offense if they run into the first kind of AI.
Perhaps this is related: I felt a visceral uneasiness dealing with chat-mode LLMs, until I tried Claude, which I found agreeable and helpful. Now I have a claude.ai subscription. Once again, I don’t understand the emotional difference.
I’m 62 years old, which may have something to do with it. I can feel myself being less mentally flexible than I was decades ago, and I notice myself slipping into crotchety-old-man mode more often. It’s a problem that requires deliberate effort to overcome.