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there is something deeply unnerving about people referring to the use of language models as "conversations"

it's just a bit too human for my liking. It implies a level of equal standing that I don't think is appropriate

it's marketed that way, and it makes sense how someone would pick up the habit, and every once-in-a-while I catch myself using that sort of phrasing, but I don't think it's good to conceptualize it that way

@RustyCrab I've recommended picrel on here before because it does a similar thing for "the computer thinks X" or "the computer doesn't like Y" or "the computer decided to do Z". I wish I knew an AI book that did a similar thing in a similarly accessible way (common english, picture diagrams, building things up gradually, etc)
@RustyCrab sorry I didn't mean to imply you didn't - really I just wanted to explain my desire for a book to launch directly at the head of uncle scott at thanksgiving when he starts talking about AI sentience and skynet

ah man I love 3B1B he's awesome. I saw this series a while back but never jumped into it and completely forgot it existed!