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p-e-wtoday at 12:08 AM3 repliesview on HN

It’s not accurate, it’s absurd hyperbole no different from the kind the people who peddle it have arrogantly ridiculed their entire lives.

A mentally unstable person being “made” to do something by a chatbot is no different from other mentally unstable people doing bad things because they saw them in a TV show.


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lwansbroughtoday at 12:15 AM

You don't think there's a difference between passive entertainment and a conversation with a sycophantic enabler?

McGlockenshiretoday at 12:15 AM

No, actually, an interactive textual conversation is a significantly different thing than a television show.

RossBencinatoday at 1:58 AM

You think mental instability is a necessary prerequisite for covert persuasion?

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