I have friends and relations who are both older and younger. I'm not too worried about the older ones, who are old enough not to be aware of current trends unless I talk about them on the blog. They've dug their comfortable niche and have sunk down into their soporific repose and blissful ignorance. This'll be me soon enough. My younger friends and relations, though, are likely to be seduced without even knowing it.
GPT-4o ISN’T JUST A FRIENDLIER AI — IT’S A PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAPON
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 27, 2025
OpenAI didn’t “accidentally” make GPT-4o more emotionally connective — they engineered it to feel good so users get hooked.
Commercially, it’s genius: people cling to what makes them feel safe, not what challenges… https://t.co/OrJg3ycwDw pic.twitter.com/rOCmcspC2D
Be sure to click on the tweet and to read the text in the left-hand image.
To be fair, a lot of older Instapunditeers aren't taking this seriously. Their comments:
• The earlier iteration for this is known as "television."
• Luckily, I do not form emotional attachments easily. So this won't work.
• This is literally how all marketing works.
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