GPT-3 Is the Best Journal I've Ever Used - Superorganizers - Every
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How would you feel about your journal being a dialogue between you and a chatbot? At first the idea sounds very strange, but this article from Shipper is a relatively deep exploration into that concept. He experiments with different personas for the GPT-3 to use with different results. It is super interesting.
There is something innately appealing about building a relationship with an empathetic friend that you can talk to any time. It’s comforting to know that it’s available, and it’s exciting to think about all of the different prompts you can experiment with to help it support you in the way you need.
There is also something weird about all of this. Spilling your guts to a robot somehow cheapens the experience because it doesn’t cost much for a robot to tell you it understands you.
It seems weird that AI could be our friends, our confidants. But surely that could be. What if opening your diary was really like tapping in a chat with a bot. What if every human being could have a bot like this that was around for them, for their whole lives? Is that a good thing? It seems like no, because we are not just brains on a stick. We experience different hormones when we engage with humans, face-to-face. But what if that isn't an option? What if nobody wants to listen to you? What if a therapist is too expensive? Is it better to get no therapy because you cannot afford it? Or would the AI be better than nothing.
When people were using GPT-3 to help them provide support to peers, their responses were rated significantly more highly than responses that were generated by humans alone.
Wow. The awareness of the robotic response was the notable downside. But what if that awareness wasn't there.
We are entering some genuinely strange times.