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AI as a Tool
- Jon Stokes prefers the "pure tool" view of AI, emphasizing its practical benefits for reasoning and development.
- He believes treating AI as a tool leads to better outcomes and avoids the pitfalls of anthropomorphism.
User Interface and AI Identity
- The user interface significantly influences AI's perceived identity, impacting whether it's viewed as a tool or an agent.
- Chat interfaces, like ChatGPT's, create a sense of dialogue and history, increasing the tendency to anthropomorphize.
ChatGPT's Conversational Mechanism
- ChatGPT predicts words one at a time, considering the entire chat history for context, creating a sense of ongoing conversation.
- However, it doesn't retain a mental model of the user between sessions; the perceived learning is a UI design choice.