Retool, a development platform for business software, recently published the results of its State of AI survey. Over 1,500 people took part, all from the tech industry:...
Over half of all tech industry workers view AI as overrated::undefined
My guess, wholly lacking any scientifc rigor, is that humans naturally trust each other. We don’t assume the info someone shares with us as wrong, unless there’s “a reason” to doubt. Chatting with any of these LLM bots feels like talking to a person (most of the time), so there’s usually “no reason” to doubt what it spews.
If human trust wasn’t so easy to get and abuse, many scams would be much harder to pull.
My guess, wholly lacking any scientifc rigor, is that humans naturally trust each other. We don’t assume the info someone shares with us as wrong, unless there’s “a reason” to doubt. Chatting with any of these LLM bots feels like talking to a person (most of the time), so there’s usually “no reason” to doubt what it spews.
If human trust wasn’t so easy to get and abuse, many scams would be much harder to pull.
I think you might be onto something. Thanks for sharing!