I was hoping it was talking about how it can resonate with users using those techniques. Or some experiments to prove the point. But it is not even that.
There is nothing of substance in this and it feels like the author has a grudge against LLMs.
Interesting. Resonate with people is what a mentalist does. More generically a good bedside manner is what a good doctor does and it's the same thing. Many times we like being cold read and comforted and comfortable!
Agreed on the experiments. What would they look like? Can a chat bot give the same info without any bedside manner?
Absolutely -- there is a whole cottage industry of people who know that LLMs are big news and decide to chime in, without ever considering that maybe this is a scientific discussion, not a cultural/"take-driven" one. Bluesky in particular is probably their biggest source of income!
You can spot them easily, because instead of critiquing some specific thing and sticking to it, they can't resist throwing in "obviously, LLMs are all 100% useless and anyone who says otherwise is a Tech Bro" somewhere. Like:
completely unknown processes that have no parallel in the biological world.
c'mon... Anyone who knows a tiny bit about ML knows that both of those claims are just absurdly off base.
There is nothing of substance in this and it feels like the author has a grudge against LLMs.