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A discussion of how LLM base AIs vary dramatically in their ability to both be empathetic and identify empathy.
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This post is a follow-up to Hackernoon article [Can Machines Really Understand Your Feelings? Evaluating Large Language Models for Empathy] In the previous article I had two major LLMs respond to a scenario designed to elicit empathy in a human under varying system prompt/training conditions. In this article I reveal what LLMs behaved in what manner, provide my own opinion and include some observations.
