Hypothesis: Stupider people with weaker senses of self are more likely to use chatgpt. That kind of person is also more likely to adopt the language of others. There are many such people.
Thus, the language used on average changes.
I expect smarter people with stronger identities won’t have much change.
Interesting. Thanks for the link. I realize I didn’t really define “smart”, so I’m not sure education is a good proxy for it, but this does make my hypothesis look more doubtful
I think you can find ethically good, bad and gray uses for AI.
The top commenter here mentions Youtube content creators using it. Most of them are on YT to make money. So its a rational smart choice to let AI do your writing, if it makes you more efficient and means you can earn more.
It’s pretty normal to adopt the language of others, isn’t it? I can’t pretend to be all that knowledgeable on linguistics, but that just sounds like what a dialect is
To an extent. but think about how like some people are super eager to get in on the latest in joke and drive it into the ground. You see it on forums sometimes where someone will come up with a bit, and then some people just want to keep repeating it forever. They’re the kind of person who relentlessly said “I’m on a boat” in 2010.
Hypothesis: Stupider people with weaker senses of self are more likely to use chatgpt. That kind of person is also more likely to adopt the language of others. There are many such people.
Thus, the language used on average changes.
I expect smarter people with stronger identities won’t have much change.
No. AI use correlates with being younger and more educated.
Characteristics of ChatGPT users from Germany: implications for the digital divide from web tracking data
Interesting. Thanks for the link. I realize I didn’t really define “smart”, so I’m not sure education is a good proxy for it, but this does make my hypothesis look more doubtful
I think you can find ethically good, bad and gray uses for AI.
The top commenter here mentions Youtube content creators using it. Most of them are on YT to make money. So its a rational smart choice to let AI do your writing, if it makes you more efficient and means you can earn more.
It’s pretty normal to adopt the language of others, isn’t it? I can’t pretend to be all that knowledgeable on linguistics, but that just sounds like what a dialect is
To an extent. but think about how like some people are super eager to get in on the latest in joke and drive it into the ground. You see it on forums sometimes where someone will come up with a bit, and then some people just want to keep repeating it forever. They’re the kind of person who relentlessly said “I’m on a boat” in 2010.