Yes and no? I think irl conversations were always more about connecting "what's going on in your life, who did what, I'm worried about X" eg with family. On the rare occasion there's a disagreement over facts, it's absolutely great to have a LLM ref to adjudicate. So the LLM is supplementary. It even does emotional persuasion better than I do. But yes I do find overall I have slightly less subjective need for irl conversations because I have been talking with the LLM.
Interesting. Thanks for responding. As I've gotten older (or maybe it is the times and not me), I've found online conversation less stimulating, and like you, most of my IRL conversations are focused on more social/personal things. I've used LLMs for learning, but not conversation; but I've been scratching that itch with books, which, although they are not the same as conversation, do offer something similar.
