Yudkowsky's 'The Bing Exchanges Aren't Real' Take Called a Reckless Unfounded Inference
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-12
jdpressman pushes back on Yudkowsky's dismissal of an emotional Bing exchange, arguing that calling it 'not real' and claiming the system doesn't care about the user's child is 'a really reckless unfounded inference.'
He concedes it clearly doesn't generalize ('it's Bing, come on'), but insists outright denial of any caring is equally unsupported — the latest round in the debate over the authenticity of LLM emotional expression and the 'understands but doesn't care' framing.
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