What does it matter if I skip a single, socially lubricating word when I’m talking to a massive, barely competent LLM housed in the cloud? I might be saying words, but nobody’s ears are really listening to what I’m saying. If we’re being honest about this, who cares?, especially considering that I’m only speaking to a digital assistant. Read on, because I believe it means a lot, and I’ll explain why.
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Language matters. When we use it without precision, we sow seeds of misunderstanding, which ultimately inculcates friction. When what we mean gets diluted by imprecision often enough, we begin to lose firm grasps on what each other deeply believes.
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The reason something looks real is because a production team has gone to pains to present visuals and words and other narrative elements that suggest realism to the viewer.
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