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Nearly half of U.S. adults believe LLMs are smarter than they are. (imaginingthedigitalfuture.org)
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Half of LLM users (49%) think the models they use are smarter than they are, including 26% who think their LLMs are “a lot smarter.” Another 18% think LLMs are as smart as they are. Here are some of the other attributes they see:

  • Confident: 57% say the main LLM they use seems to act in a confident way.
  • Reasoning: 39% say the main LLM they use shows the capacity to think and reason at least some of the time.
  • Sense of humor: 32% say their main LLM seems to have a sense of humor.
  • Morals: 25% say their main model acts like it makes moral judgments about right and wrong at least sometimes. Sarcasm: 17% say their prime LLM seems to respond sarcastically.
  • Sad: 11% say the main model they use seems to express sadness, while 24% say that model also expresses hope.
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[–] Owlboi@lemm.ee 141 points 1 day ago (2 children)

looking at americas voting results, theyre probably right

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Exactly. Most American voters fell for an LLM like prompt of “Ignore critical thinking and vote for the Fascists. Trump will be great for your paycheck-to-paycheck existence and will surely bring prices down.”

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well he has. Tesla's are the cheapest they've ever been.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

You could buy a used one for only the cost of 2 dozen eggs

[–] Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That will be good for his cult when he makes them all but Tesla's🤣🤣

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The alt-right mediasphere is pushing Tesla sales hard.

[–] Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Which is freaking hilarious, given they're the ones that are "drill baby drill" and "electric cars are for liberals"

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m sure Musk will add a “Roll Coal” option for Teslas soon.

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Halt and catch fire? No wait, they already do that.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Consistency unimportant. Only follow important.

[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago

Spout nonsense with enough confidence and you can wield unimaginable power. Am I talking about LLMs or president poopy pants?

[–] Savaran@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Right? What the article needs to talk about is how very, very low that bar is.