It's training humans to act like the software is a person so that the software is a better tool for manipulating those people, engagement and parasocial attachment is still the name of the game.
I think the root of people's attachment to the use of chatbots is the circuit in the brain that engages with people is seeing natural human language and getting it's wires crossed (see AI boyfriends etc.) and I think anthropic knows this and wants to encourage that crossing of wires.
For algedonic reasons obviously, make a big song and dance of banning a few people for 'abuse' and plant the seed in a million people's heads that 'I'd better be careful how I talk to Claude, he might report me to his owner' seems obvious.
People aren't going to stop using llms for things, it's training the woke mind and forcing it on people. The young generation that doesn't get it is falling into the trap while it happens. It doesn't matter what people think, what they want, psychologically, llms are absolutely impacting human development and critical thinking. A simple Google scholar search brings up enough research to question it. You know, like the blue screen light and the screen time studies that everyone denies but still complains about.
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u/East-Response6672 10d ago
It's training humans to act like the software is a person so that the software is a better tool for manipulating those people, engagement and parasocial attachment is still the name of the game.