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Hot take: The reason why so many people think ChatGPT can be sentient or even divine is that capitalism has atomized us so badly, many of us forgot what it's like to talk to an actual human being. (hexbear.net)
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On a deeper level than small talk, of course.

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[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Its just commodity fetishism to a higher level.

[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think this is really commodity fetishism in the Marxist sense to a greater degree than if we were talking about brands of soap, even if the facade of the commodity having a personality makes it come off differently.

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