▲ | 9rx 7 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
Dehumanization is a poor framing, really. It was never humanized in the first place. Sure, those of us who have a technical understanding understand that it is likely that there are humans involved as an implementation detail, but from the user perspective there is no other human to be seen. If the technical backend were replaced by a sufficiently capable LLM (or whatever technology) absolutely nothing about the user experience would change. From the user perspective, it is a solitary activity. Human interaction hasn't gone away. Online discussion is a different tool for a different job. | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | jv22222 7 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I never thought about it this way. That technically every internet interaction is solo. Mind bending. | |||||||||||||||||
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▲ | sentinelsignal 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
by " Online discussion is a different tool for a different job." could you elaborate on that. | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | socalgal2 7 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
You could say the same about NPCs in a holodeck, effectively declaring that talking to people face to face is really a solitary activity | |||||||||||||||||
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