Don't applaud fake "creativity" in AI-generated garbage. You're applauding a parody of creativity, and

[AZJonnie]

55. You think I have an aversion to conversations with real people, on their own schedules?

If I did, I wouldn't spend so much time here

Frankly I would feel like a d*ck asking some real person on reddit with an encyclopedic knowledge of Beach Boys vocal duties to take their time and patiently play a long-lasting game, where I try to guess who is singing on every part in 20 Beach Boy's songs, and they come up with hints for me, etc, and we go back and forth over weeks or months.

And that other person would probably get to the end and think "why did I just waste all that time instead of sending them to some compendium of Beach Boys vocal parts when we started"? I know that's exactly what I would do if someone asked me to play that game with them, after like 2 questions, probably. I would not feel like it's my duty to education them and play whatever silly game they want to play, defined on their terms.

So, no, I don't believe that exact scenario, which was I wanted to do, would've been likely to happen with a real person. And yes, I do think there are entertaining interactions you can have with AI that real people would be unlikely to indulge you in. Esp. not any second you want to do so.

Furthermore, I find its sycophancy cloying and would've enjoyed the conversation (yes, conversation) more without it. But I'm sure if I'd been bothered enough to say 'stop complimenting me', it would have done so.

My point is specifically that the 'fun factor' is going to make it difficult to convince enough people how much danger it actually poses to make any significant dent in its progress. This will be an uphill battle. I agree with many of your arguments against it HPD, and applaud your effort, but at the same time, it lures me in too, because it's convenient, and fun.

Is that by design? Yup!