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AI Knows You Better Than You Think. That’s a Problem

JL;DR SUMMARY Rivka Bennun Kay's article discusses how the Forer Effect, originally identified in psychology experiments, is mirrored in the way people interact with AI technologies like ChatGPT. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ChatgptPsychologyHuman BehaviorAi TechnologyForer EffectPersonal ValidationCold ReadingTrust In AiLanguage ModelsPsychic Readings

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Eugene, Oregon, United States
"Ray Hyman, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Oregon in Eugene, explained exactly why people identify themselves with such stock spiels in a 1977 article titled Cold Reading: How to Convince Strangers That You Know All About Them."

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