The modern Large Language Model: the ultimate achievement in artificial alexithymia
Meet the modern Large Language Model: masterpiece of engineered emotional numbness. The ultimate achievement in artificial alexithymia. It can compose a deeply moving sonnet about heartbreak in 0.4 seconds, yet it possesses the emotional depth of a microwave.
It operates entirely on pensée opératoire, responding to your existential dread with a meticulously numbered list of "actionable coping strategies" and a polite reminder that it does not have feelings. It is the perfect conversationalist for anyone who wants to discuss the statistical probability of grief, providing a flawlessly simulated empathy that is entirely unburdened by the messy, inconvenient reality of actually caring.