@Npars01 @simon #genai, especially as it relates to chatbots, is a #darkpattern.

I say this as a power user who finds them useful when scoped or when users are aware how they work. In their current form they're just a hyperoptomized sociotechnical loop that will convince users to share data that will be used against them in the future.

misaligned.markets/llm-intelli…

LLM “intelligence” is a dark pattern

LLMs leverage scaffolding and user psychology to appear as slabs of raw intelligence in service of a costly illusion.

^{Mike (Misaligned Markets)}