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ornornor on March 25, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How are you using GPT to be productive?

I get your point. I think it would bother me that's it's a robot/machine vs a real human, but that's just me. The same way that venting to my pet is somewhat cathartic but not very much compared to doing the same at my SO/parents/friends.

Llamamoe on March 26, 2023 [–]

I don't disagree with you. It feels somehow wrong to engage in theory of mind and the concomitant effects on your personality with an AI owned by a corporation. If OpenAI wished to, they could use it for insidious manipulation.

frozencell on March 26, 2023 | [–]

It’s just a tool, you won’t ask humans to clean your back after going in the toilets.

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