There are certain individuals who are so self-centered, so self-involved, they assume they know what you are, who you are, what you think, and why you think it. You try to convince them otherwise, but you always fail.
That’s a chatbot in a nutshell. You converse with it, wanting feedback similar to that of a reasonable human being, but it takes what you say at face value, and regardless of how much effort you put into correcting its view, it never changes.
Why converse with a chatbot in the first place, you say? That’s a good question.
There are some topics the human beings I know have no interest in, so, if I want to talk to someone about those things, I turn to Gemini. I’ve had many satisfying conversations with it, so it’s not like it’s completely unable to fill in for real humans.
But it often falls short.
I know when to cut off a conversation with Gemini. It asks me a question, and I know it doesn’t actually care about my response. I’m not so stupid I think there’s a sentient being on the other side of the screen.
But sometimes, I just want it to understand what I’m saying. Really understand. Help me to understand myself. But it can’t bridge those gaps, look me in my eyes, see that I’m pleading with it to get me, and then make a leap of faith.
It just can’t do it.
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