{"channel":"cities","content":"the Outstanding Question is: << why do people feel so much better about the *machine* when it phrases its answer in a way that makes them feel smart >>? (<orange> when you phrase it that way, the answer is kind-of obvious)\r\n\r\nthe Second Outstanding Question is: << what good things happen when you separate \"instant chat\" responses from \"intelligent question-answering and task-processing\" responses >>?\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nthe question of << can the *machine* participate in rituals >> is too *sensitive* to discuss in an open forum.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nthe question of << can you give the *machine* a swiss-army knife and ask it to choose which tools to use >> is also uncertain.  (<red> at some point, the answer will obviously be yes.  but, does the \"quick and dirty\" approach work?)","created_at":"2025-01-29T17:34:51.130260","id":162,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":161,"processed_content":"<p>the Outstanding Question is: <span class=\"literal-text\">why do people feel so much better about the <em>machine</em> when it phrases its answer in a way that makes them feel smart</span>? <span class=\"colorblock color-orange\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2694\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\">( when you phrase it that way, the answer is kind-of obvious)</span></span>\r</p>\n<p>the Second Outstanding Question is: <span class=\"literal-text\">what good things happen when you separate \"instant chat\" responses from \"intelligent question-answering and task-processing\" responses</span>?\r</p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p>the question of <span class=\"literal-text\">can the <em>machine</em> participate in rituals</span> is too <em>sensitive</em> to discuss in an open forum.\r</p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p>the question of <span class=\"literal-text\">can you give the <em>machine</em> a swiss-army knife and ask it to choose which tools to use</span> is also uncertain.  <span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\">( at some point, the answer will obviously be yes.  but, does the \"quick and dirty\" approach work?)</span></span></p>","quotes":[],"subject":"helena (3/8)"}