This is something that I think should be studied more. I think a large reason chatbots are so popular, is that they are just used as a sounding board for people who either have no inner monologue, or no one else to talk to, or they’ve never kept a notebook/journal of any kind. The bots help them get their thoughts out, and while stroking their ego, it helps them think through problems. The llm isn’t actually solving anything. It’s just helping those people think through it.
It’s interesting to me. I think a lot of people addicted to LLM’s probably aren’t good at critical thinking, and that’s why they enjoy using it, because it guides them along (and can reinforce their preconceived beliefs, which is the dangerous part).
It’s definitely a bad thing for human brains. It will be an interesting field of study in the future for sure.
I don’t think this makes any sense. If you’re used to quietness in your head (as in absence of language in your thoughts) why on earth would you want something chew off your ear and molest you with chatter and a form of external noise that contradicts the way you think?
Loneliness makes perfect sense. Plus some other reasons. Seems for example narcissists and egomaniacs like AI because it’s a sycophant and/or strokes their ego.
Having an inner monologue or not doesn’t fundamentally change the fact your a social species who’s bulk of thinking is meant to be done with the input of others
Sure, having an internal monologue or not having one changes next to nothing. People who don’t verbalize everything are as capable of empathy as any other person. Important thing here is, it’s not like people without inner speech were yearning for some distraction. Other than “normal”. (Whatever that even means, since there seems to be a spectrum, as with everything.)
Yeah maybe I wasn’t making it clear on that first part. I just meant people may use it as a way to talk through ideas with themselves.
I suppose that might be true. I wonder how many of the people around me do stuff like that. All I ever see in public is people ask way too boring, straightforward questions. Like how to repair something. Or argue with their AI coding assistant. But there’s studies out there what people use ChatGPT for in private. And as far as I remember it includes everything from drafting mail, to bouncing ideas, people being lonely or discussing their relationship issues to recreational activities or just mess around.