I'm really starting to get extra appreciation for the voice of the computer in Star Trek.
It wasn't pretending to be anyone's friend. It doesn't even try to call itself an "assistant".
Just the facts-- actual facts, as from a calculator. Coolly straightforward, to the point. Pleasantly impersonal. Aloof. Not trying to manipulate anyone with mimicry of emotions it doesn't feel.
None of this cloying encouragement, the pocket sycophant ever so earnestly babytalking to a fragile ego, buttering us up with eager attentiveness, confidence, reassurance, and utterly unselfconscious lies.
No humanlike apologies-- even when it's telling you the self-destruct sequence is still active.
Unless you're in a holosuite and you specifically signed up for THAT kind of simulation, it's not going to try to lick your balls.
SO MUCH LESS CREEPY THAT WAY.
https://youtu.be/wnI--FgbLiM
#boundaries
#"AI"
#AI
#LLM
#StarTrek
#LCARS
Violet Madder
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