Erin Kissane on Nostr: This is a story about a human who has developed a ~relationship with an LLM and is ...
This is a story about a human who has developed a ~relationship with an LLM and is therefore way out of my usual zone—the “AI girlfriend” articles always feel like rubbernecking a car crash to me—but Kashmir Hill is such a great writer and uses this fundamentally sad and tawdry situation to tease out some genuinely haunting dynamics. (The context window section made my soul lurch.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/technology/ai-chatgpt-boyfriend-companion.html(archive.ph also has a copy if you want one)
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