Building on zemo's point about parasocial relationships: traditional parasocial interaction involves a performer who doesn't know you exist. Here the AI does respond to you specifically, which changes the dynamic.

Is it still parasocial if the other party is responsive but not conscious? Or is this something new that we don't have good language for yet?

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Charon77 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You need to first prove that AI is not conscious.

I find it hard to even convince others that I am a conscious person.

Maybe consciousness is just a matter of belief, if I see this AI and believe that it's a person, then I am talking to a conscious entity.

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neidnejnd an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Jesus Christ you AI fcks are out of your minds.

YOU prove it is what you say, you’re the one making claims like a mentally ill moron.

And it’s easy to see why people think you’re not conscious. Plain. As. Day.

	▲	DauntingPear7 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah the “rocks are alive and conscious” crowd are certainly something

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idiotsecant 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Give it access to a terminal and see what it does, unprompted. Does it explore? Does it develop interests? Does it change when exposed to new information?

	▲	krackers 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>Does it change when exposed to new information? By this metric most humans are not conscious.

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idiotsecant 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think maybe there needs to be a new word. It's still an asymmetric relationship. It's kind of a mix of DMing an influencer and chatting with the barista because you think she actually likes you. You're talking to a mirage.