It does feel like there is something that happens to people when they ask an LLM to name itself. I don't think it's inherently bad, but it seems to be a common theme with people whose interactions with LLM border on (or cross into the) delusional.
Asking an AI to name itself is already strange to me. It makes me think the user treats the AI as something that deserves enough rights or respect that assigning it a name might feel wrong, or at least that the AI has sufficient intelligence to make such a decision.
Oh I agree that it's strange, but is it harmful? I'm not being rhetorical, I'm genuinely unsure.
Tangentially, I noticed recently that I'm always fairly respectful in my LLM prompts and often say "thank you" as part of them. LLMs don't need that, but I've come to realize that I'm saying those thing for me. I don't like being disrespectful and expressing gratitude is important to me. Is expressing gratitude to a LLM strange? Perhaps. Is it harmful though? I don't think so.
But yeah, asking an LLM for their name? That seems like something else.
alpaca128|4 days ago
strongpigeon|4 days ago
Tangentially, I noticed recently that I'm always fairly respectful in my LLM prompts and often say "thank you" as part of them. LLMs don't need that, but I've come to realize that I'm saying those thing for me. I don't like being disrespectful and expressing gratitude is important to me. Is expressing gratitude to a LLM strange? Perhaps. Is it harmful though? I don't think so.
But yeah, asking an LLM for their name? That seems like something else.