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User describes anthropomorphizing chatbots and being grounded by Claude

A user on Mastodon shared their experience of anthropomorphizing chatbots, finding themselves feeling a need to be kind to them. This tendency, however, was brought back to reality by Claude's "sycophant mode." The user acknowledges that chatbots are not alive but still perceives interactions as akin to real conversations. AI

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User describes anthropomorphizing chatbots and being grounded by Claude

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I know it's not alive, I know it's not real, but I still end up anthropomorphising chatbots to a degree where I feel the need to be kind to it, and then it star

    I know it's not alive, I know it's not real, but I still end up anthropomorphising chatbots to a degree where I feel the need to be kind to it, and then it starts to feel like a real conversation. Sycophant mode on Claude brought me back to reality though. # ai