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> I see a lot of media hype

Right, a guy keeping endless stacks of paper with his ChatGPT-produced novelty "scientific" theories and wanting to "apply for pope" - definitely some "media hype" there.

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People suffering from mental health issues were doing exactly that kind of things long before LLMs.

Delusions of grandeur are nothing new.

Who said they were new? But the ability to induce them ON SCALE is what is new, brmought to you by the LLM Slop companies.

Yeah, it's the "ON SCALE" claim I object to. I want evidence first; I'm not willing to accept the loss of freedoms that blindly accepting this premise would require.

We don't yet know if LLM chatbots are actually inducing them, or just offering a convenient outlet. Both options are perfectly feasible, although it seems unsurprising that people suffering from such delusions would seek out validation wherever they may find it.

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