The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con (softwarecrisis.dev)
A long read, but fascinating.
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A long read, but fascinating.
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Not all art shows something beautiful - this really does feel like the internet of today without a lot of browser tweaking.
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