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AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 2 days ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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science shows as true what you thought was only 99% true

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVf7VUX_iUk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251015-ai-is-not-popular-and-ai-users-are-unpleasant-asshats - podcast

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I imagine there are a few reasons. An LLM is a narcissist's dream--it will remain focused on you and tell you what you want to hear (and is always willing to be corrected).

In addition, LLMs are easy to manipulate, and sort of mimic a person enough to give you a sense of power or authority. So if you're the type of person who gets something from that, there's likely a draw to that kind of person.

Those are just guesses, though. I don't use LLMs myself, so I don't really know.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thanks, that sounds reasonable. Especially the focus/attention.

Maybe it's the same as with other games or computer games... Some people also really get something out of fantasy achievements and when they win and feel like the main character... in a weird way...