I was at Molasses Books in Bushwick last night, taking with my cousin about TBL's latest book, and the design of online systems. A shy but brave young woman asked if she could listen in. I introduced myself and welcomed her in to the conversation.
We talked a bit about various things, twitter and theater and art and connection. She was bright abd curious, made great points and asked great questions, had a charming sweet smile.
Near the end of it conversation, as we were getting ready to roll to our reservation at Win Son, she said something strange.
"Right now I think that ChatGPT has become my best friend."
I stopped and looked at her. "Don't trust it. It's lying to you. It's only pretending to be your friend."
"So I should trust people instead?"
"Yes. I mean, don't be foolish, but trust people over machines."
And then it was time to go. But I still want to go back and find her, give her a big hug, sit her down over a coffee, and tell her ...
DON'T TRUST THE ROBOTS
#ai #llm
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