Researchers from the Max Planck Institute found that words commonly used by ChatGPT have started appearing more frequently in human language, based on analyses of over a million academic talks and podcasts. Terms such as delve, swift, and meticulous are increasingly being adopted in everyday speech. The researchers suggest that AI systems may favor certain cultural traits, potentially leading to cultural homogeneity. They express concern about a feedback loop forming between human language use and AI that could affect cultural diversity in the long term.
The uptake of words preferred by LLMs in real-time human-human interactions suggests a deeper cognitive process at play, but the actual underlying adoption process remains unknown.
If AI systems disproportionately favor specific cultural traits, they may accelerate the erosion of cultural diversity.
Words like delve, swift, meticulous, and inquiry began appearing more frequently in human speech since the introduction of ChatGPT in 2022.
There could be long-term ramifications of AI-human interactions on language usage, leading to a closed cultural feedback loop.
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