Comment by davidclark
7 days ago
The “Based on…” prompt is simply a horoscope. This is a great piece about how LLMs use the same tricks as psychics to appear helpful, useful, and intelligent.
7 days ago
The “Based on…” prompt is simply a horoscope. This is a great piece about how LLMs use the same tricks as psychics to appear helpful, useful, and intelligent.
I know these techniques (e.g. various "cold reading"), AI knows it way better. But it can be much more specific.
Again, for untrained people (especially every single one that takes horoscopes seriously), it can be dangerous as they may not only not be able to tell the difference, but know that such tools exist.
> untrained people
What training are you referring to here? Therapy, mentalism, or being an AI guru?
Psychology knowledge, both theoretical (thing: first year of undergrad in psych at a good univ), practical (e.g. ability to translate an arbitrary inflammatory statement into NVC), etc.
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