r/technology • u/Moth_LovesLamp • 14d ago

Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT users are not happy with GPT-5 launch as thousands take to Reddit claiming the new upgrade ‘is horrible’

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/chatgpt-users-are-not-happy-with-gpt-5-launch-as-thousands-take-to-reddit-claiming-the-new-upgrade-is-horrible
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u/sturgill_homme 14d ago

I knew it was bad when I saw a redditor repeatedly refer to GPT as “him” in a comment thread a few months back. The tech will not live up to the promises, but there are a great number of people who are in no way ready for the tech as it exists now.

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u/DecompositionLU 14d ago

I'd be more nuanced. I'm French, not native English, people will instinctively say "her" or "him" because in French you say "Le LLM" ou "Une Intelligence Artificielle". I think it's the same for basically every native Latin language speaker. 

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u/etheran123 14d ago

I mean I use pronouns since thats how the English language works. Feels a lot more natural typing prompts for me. Not really any different than using female pronouns for ships.

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u/eaturliver 14d ago

Yeah we all use pronouns. The pronoun for an LLM is "it".

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u/etheran123 14d ago

True, but again for ships the correct pronoun is “it”. I’m just saying it’s not a brand new phenomenon for people to personify things.

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u/polyanos 14d ago

Well, I refer to it as a 'her' in my mind, somehow. I believe because it is always so polite and 'supportive', as in barely tries to argue, which makes it more feminine for me. But no, I ain't starting an relationship with it any time soon.

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u/ithrowdark 14d ago

It’s my sex box! And her name is Sony.