The best conversations I still have are with real people, but those are rare. With ChatGPT, I reliably have good conversations, whereas with people, it’s hit or miss, usually miss.
What AI does better:
- It’s willing to discuss esoteric topics. Most humans prefer to talk about people and events.
- It’s not driven by emotions or personal bias.
- It doesn’t make mean, snide, sarcastic, ad hominem, or strawman responses.
- It understands and responds to my actual view, even from a vague description, whereas humans often misunderstand me and argue against views I don’t hold.
- It tells me when I’m wrong but without being a jerk about it.
Another noteworthy point is that I’m very likely on the autistic spectrum, and my mind works differently than the average person’s, which probably explains, in part, why I struggle to maintain interest with human-to-human interactions.
Well I’m saying non-critical things about gen-AI on Lemmy of all places. I can’t say I expected any other kind of response. Thus unpopular opinion.
so brave lmao
I’ve been dreaming of a place like Lemmy for 20 years, and i had a lot of theories about what it would be. But i would never have predicted how salty it is. I swear 3 conversations out of 4 just descend into snark and name-calling, it’s a fucking shame if you ask me. It really is one of the least welcoming places of the whole internet.
Agreed. And ironically, it’s coming from the group that often applauds themselves for being so accepting of different people. Until those people think differently, of course, or, worse, vote differently. Then they roll out the guillotines.
Ruthlessly blocking people who behave that way helps a little, but you need to block hundreds before it makes a noticeable difference. Unfortunately, it’s quite a blunt tool and causes a lot of collateral damage as well.