Researchers evaluated 21 language models, such as GPT and Gemini, and found that they all alter their discourse to align with the user’s bias, potentially functioning as echo chambers.
Researchers evaluated 21 language models, such as GPT and Gemini, and found that they all alter their discourse to align with the user’s bias, potentially functioning as echo chambers.
With today’s filter bubble being the sole reason behind most opinions of your average person today, they’re already active daily on FB, IG, Tik-Tok, and of course, let’s not forget your dedicated Youtube viewer, who is easily pushed down a conspiracy rabbit hole… The echo chamber is already in full effect.
Yes, LLM’s are Yes-men who will butter you up and treat you like you’re the MC about to save the world. And your average, doomscrolling adult will most likely not even know about prompting an LLM to challenge their believes. But any of those platforms are already pushing down content down the user’s throats that is biased, false, and usually designed as rage bait to increase the emotional response (and thus making it basically impossible for the victim to be aware of the filter bubble, since they’re the only rational people living in a crazy world).
AI is not the end-game dystopian bogeyman everyone jumps through loops to make it out to be. It can absolutely be problematic and are already is being used to stir up anger and spread misinformation. You know, like journalists (who writes articles specifically designed to spread fear… Like this one), social media platforms, ‘influencers’, or politicians have done for years now.
We were already fucked before LLM’s and datacenters was a thing. People seem so desperate to find something to blame.
It’s always been fox news. A story old as time.
Yeah, it’s totally not AI sycophancy that’s the problem. It’s the scholars and journalists who made this article.
(You’re joking, right?)