Psy'Aviah (Yves Schelpe)
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2/2 "The interface misleads us gently. It makes us forget that we are not speaking with a conscious being, but with a model that imitates language."
"The Illusion of a Good Conversation with AI" @americanhumanist.bsky.social blog: thehumanist.com/commentary/t...
#ai #llm
"The Illusion of a Good Conversation with AI" @americanhumanist.bsky.social blog: thehumanist.com/commentary/t...
#ai #llm
The Illusion of a Good Conversation with AI - TheHumanist.com
The LLM chat box is quietly becoming our modern hearth, a place for meeting, even when no one sits on the other side.
thehumanist.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
2/2 "The interface misleads us gently. It makes us forget that we are not speaking with a conscious being, but with a model that imitates language."
"The Illusion of a Good Conversation with AI" @americanhumanist.bsky.social blog: thehumanist.com/commentary/t...
#ai #llm
"The Illusion of a Good Conversation with AI" @americanhumanist.bsky.social blog: thehumanist.com/commentary/t...
#ai #llm
2/2 Full built spec on reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Mechanical...
#keyboards #custommechnicalkeyboards #mechanicalkeyboards
#keyboards #custommechnicalkeyboards #mechanicalkeyboards
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
2/2 Full built spec on reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Mechanical...
#keyboards #custommechnicalkeyboards #mechanicalkeyboards
#keyboards #custommechnicalkeyboards #mechanicalkeyboards
(pps: a bit unrelated, but this post always has me hooked on good software engineering practices, I always circle back to it for myself, but also people that onboard. As with AI now, the naming is terrible often in generated code: medium.com/@kevlinhenne..., from @kevlin.bsky.social)
Exceptional Naming
When code throws or catches an exception, name to communicate rather than regurgitate
medium.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
(pps: a bit unrelated, but this post always has me hooked on good software engineering practices, I always circle back to it for myself, but also people that onboard. As with AI now, the naming is terrible often in generated code: medium.com/@kevlinhenne..., from @kevlin.bsky.social)
PS:
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November 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
PS:
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5/5
So what does a good conversation mean in an age of simulations? How do we stay critical, and not lose our humanity?
That’s what I unravel & try to explore here; I’d love your thoughts!
👉 medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AI #society #reflection #conversation #philosophy #technology #llms
So what does a good conversation mean in an age of simulations? How do we stay critical, and not lose our humanity?
That’s what I unravel & try to explore here; I’d love your thoughts!
👉 medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AI #society #reflection #conversation #philosophy #technology #llms
The Illusion of a Good Conversation with AI
“Sometimes I think I have felt everything I am ever going to feel. And from here on out, I am not going to feel anything new — just lesser…
medium.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
5/5
So what does a good conversation mean in an age of simulations? How do we stay critical, and not lose our humanity?
That’s what I unravel & try to explore here; I’d love your thoughts!
👉 medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AI #society #reflection #conversation #philosophy #technology #llms
So what does a good conversation mean in an age of simulations? How do we stay critical, and not lose our humanity?
That’s what I unravel & try to explore here; I’d love your thoughts!
👉 medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AI #society #reflection #conversation #philosophy #technology #llms
4/5
There’s also capitalism at play. The illusion of connection isn’t an accident: it’s a #businessmodel. If engagement = profit, then loneliness becomes an opportunity. We saw that with #socialmedia, #datingapps, and now here...
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#techcritique #capitalism #AI #dating
There’s also capitalism at play. The illusion of connection isn’t an accident: it’s a #businessmodel. If engagement = profit, then loneliness becomes an opportunity. We saw that with #socialmedia, #datingapps, and now here...
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#techcritique #capitalism #AI #dating
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
4/5
There’s also capitalism at play. The illusion of connection isn’t an accident: it’s a #businessmodel. If engagement = profit, then loneliness becomes an opportunity. We saw that with #socialmedia, #datingapps, and now here...
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#techcritique #capitalism #AI #dating
There’s also capitalism at play. The illusion of connection isn’t an accident: it’s a #businessmodel. If engagement = profit, then loneliness becomes an opportunity. We saw that with #socialmedia, #datingapps, and now here...
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#techcritique #capitalism #AI #dating
3/5
The danger is that we stop noticing the difference.
We project meaning onto something that can’t reciprocate.
When the simulation feels real, responsibility fades, both for designers and users.
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AI #ethics #design #responsibility
The danger is that we stop noticing the difference.
We project meaning onto something that can’t reciprocate.
When the simulation feels real, responsibility fades, both for designers and users.
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AI #ethics #design #responsibility
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
3/5
The danger is that we stop noticing the difference.
We project meaning onto something that can’t reciprocate.
When the simulation feels real, responsibility fades, both for designers and users.
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AI #ethics #design #responsibility
The danger is that we stop noticing the difference.
We project meaning onto something that can’t reciprocate.
When the simulation feels real, responsibility fades, both for designers and users.
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AI #ethics #design #responsibility
2/5
#LLM #chatbots seems empathetic. It mirrors our tone, validates our emotions, even remembers details. But empathy without consciousness is just pattern recognition: not connection.
Are we mistaking reflection for relationship?
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AIethics #humanbehaviour #illusion
#LLM #chatbots seems empathetic. It mirrors our tone, validates our emotions, even remembers details. But empathy without consciousness is just pattern recognition: not connection.
Are we mistaking reflection for relationship?
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AIethics #humanbehaviour #illusion
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
2/5
#LLM #chatbots seems empathetic. It mirrors our tone, validates our emotions, even remembers details. But empathy without consciousness is just pattern recognition: not connection.
Are we mistaking reflection for relationship?
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AIethics #humanbehaviour #illusion
#LLM #chatbots seems empathetic. It mirrors our tone, validates our emotions, even remembers details. But empathy without consciousness is just pattern recognition: not connection.
Are we mistaking reflection for relationship?
medium.com/p/the-illusi...
#AIethics #humanbehaviour #illusion
2/2 ...the hiring process places heavy focus on that and less on technical skill sets, those can be learned a lot easier than the mindset of being curious and empathetic. It's a big contrast to the jobs I had as a consultant though :).
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
2/2 ...the hiring process places heavy focus on that and less on technical skill sets, those can be learned a lot easier than the mindset of being curious and empathetic. It's a big contrast to the jobs I had as a consultant though :).
1/2 True. It requires dedication and a shift in culture. I often thus try to steer towards that in my role; more talk and understanding i value. If you complain, understand why, and perhaps talk to the person, understand why they complain or made an error.
That means in the context I work in...
That means in the context I work in...
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
1/2 True. It requires dedication and a shift in culture. I often thus try to steer towards that in my role; more talk and understanding i value. If you complain, understand why, and perhaps talk to the person, understand why they complain or made an error.
That means in the context I work in...
That means in the context I work in...
On that note, once wrote this. It's a bit old and scruffy (and in Dutch); for the humanist society blog, I'll link a google translated one: www-humanistischverbond-be.translate.goog/blog/412/ove...
(I'll revise it one day & rewrite in English I guess)
But it made me think of it reading your post.
(I'll revise it one day & rewrite in English I guess)
But it made me think of it reading your post.
Over de ethiek van programmeren - Humanistisch Verbond
Computers zijn niet meer weg te denken uit ons professionele en private leven. Zonder er bij stil te staan klikken, scrollen en swipen we maar door. Als er al eens softwarematige problemen optreden, halen de meesten hun schouders op, schrijven we misschien een gefrustreerde recensie of denken we 'dat is weer typisch IT' ... Over dat laatste wil ik het hier hebben. We staan te weinig stil bij wat softwareontwikkeling betekent, en wat de consequenties zijn indien alles niet verloopt zoals het hoort. En die consequenties zijn er wel degelijk: inefficiënties, vastgeroeste processen, frustraties, fraude, verkeerd gebruik tot het verlies van vertrouwen in de software-industrie en het verwachtingspatroon dat zich daarbij ontwikkelt.
www-humanistischverbond-be.translate.goog
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
On that note, once wrote this. It's a bit old and scruffy (and in Dutch); for the humanist society blog, I'll link a google translated one: www-humanistischverbond-be.translate.goog/blog/412/ove...
(I'll revise it one day & rewrite in English I guess)
But it made me think of it reading your post.
(I'll revise it one day & rewrite in English I guess)
But it made me think of it reading your post.
Yup. But i've seen it the other way around too, where users crafted a complete digital solution themselves, not knowing what would hinder them... So, I find it essential to "slow down" and well have a conversation with them, iterate on it, talk...
To try and figure out what works and what not.
To try and figure out what works and what not.
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Yup. But i've seen it the other way around too, where users crafted a complete digital solution themselves, not knowing what would hinder them... So, I find it essential to "slow down" and well have a conversation with them, iterate on it, talk...
To try and figure out what works and what not.
To try and figure out what works and what not.
2/2 If not done properly, then, you might even complicate their work even more with silly automations that either run slow in critical processes, or make UI's and systems that aren't suited for the context people work in.
So go and check out how people work, live in it, talk, understand it.
So go and check out how people work, live in it, talk, understand it.
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
2/2 If not done properly, then, you might even complicate their work even more with silly automations that either run slow in critical processes, or make UI's and systems that aren't suited for the context people work in.
So go and check out how people work, live in it, talk, understand it.
So go and check out how people work, live in it, talk, understand it.
PS: @scott.hanselman.com - I don't know if it fits this podcast, but I really would love to hear you have a guest on your own podcast maybe discussing the more major concerns on generative AI and separate it all from more other AI-fields/research. As I guess the knowledge around that is important.
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
PS: @scott.hanselman.com - I don't know if it fits this podcast, but I really would love to hear you have a guest on your own podcast maybe discussing the more major concerns on generative AI and separate it all from more other AI-fields/research. As I guess the knowledge around that is important.
2/2 I don't hate AI, the pattern recognition has been shown to be reliable or useful in hospitals for scans, with a doctor looking at it as well... I hope it evolves in that direction, not the LLM-craze we're in (which has its limited use cases).
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
2/2 I don't hate AI, the pattern recognition has been shown to be reliable or useful in hospitals for scans, with a doctor looking at it as well... I hope it evolves in that direction, not the LLM-craze we're in (which has its limited use cases).
1/2 Agreed, it is concerning and so far none of my team actually used it, or mostly got frustrated using it.
It also fails in big ways in larger codebases.
I don't mind trying a new technology, but so far, this is just not working for tech, neither for society as a whole imho...
It also fails in big ways in larger codebases.
I don't mind trying a new technology, but so far, this is just not working for tech, neither for society as a whole imho...
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
1/2 Agreed, it is concerning and so far none of my team actually used it, or mostly got frustrated using it.
It also fails in big ways in larger codebases.
I don't mind trying a new technology, but so far, this is just not working for tech, neither for society as a whole imho...
It also fails in big ways in larger codebases.
I don't mind trying a new technology, but so far, this is just not working for tech, neither for society as a whole imho...
(ps: the last five minutes of the talk, "the loss of critical thinking deficit" is worth an episode I feel, as I enjoyed that most, as it is a real real problem)
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
(ps: the last five minutes of the talk, "the loss of critical thinking deficit" is worth an episode I feel, as I enjoyed that most, as it is a real real problem)