AIs will need to start asking people questions. Should make for some very strange phone calls.
There seemed to be a lack of intent when the LLM was the one asking the questions. This creates a reverse dynamic, where you become the one being "prompted" and this dynamic could be worth studying or adjusting further
You can share the chat here, and this will show the LLM you had selected for the conversation. The initial prompt is also pretty important. For claims like current LLMs feel like conversing with Eliza, you are most definitely missing something in how you're going about it.
Advanced voice mode will give you better results for conversations too. It seems to be set up to converse rather than provide answers or perform work for you. No initial prompt, model selection or setup required
There doesn't just seem to be lack of intent, there is no intent, because by the nature of its architecture these systems are just set of weights with a python script attached to them asking you to give you one more token over and over.
There's no needs, drives, motivations, desires or any other part of the cognitive architecture of humans in there that produce genuine intent.
In some cases using it where you have API access to the system prompt will allow a greater difference in behavior.