ChatGPT doesn't think like a human, so why does it speak like one?

Gaskell, George ORCID: 0000-0001-6135-9496 (2025) ChatGPT doesn't think like a human, so why does it speak like one? Impact of Social Sciences Blog (19 Sep 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Large language models like ChatGPT adopt aspects of human speech to give the impression of human intelligence. George Gaskell highlights the limits of ChatGPT’s conversational ethics, common sense and cultural sensitivity and suggests this kind of ‘human talk’ leaves much to be desired for users.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Methodology
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2025 16:42
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2025 16:42
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129745

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