While on some level it feels 'wrong', I do agree that a GPT-3-based active listener might offer useful help in a variety of ways to a variety of people.
For example, I have had more than one schizophrenic friend, and my role in the conversation often boiled down to figuring out how to best respond to a usually disjointed and often incomprehensible message.
What the friend got out of it was someone who listened and enjoyed the company (which can be challenging for people suffering from schizophrenia).
What I got out of it was not just feeling good about being a rare and listening friend, though. I found that what my friend said, however difficult or impossible to comprehend, would often trigger interesting new thoughts or ideas in my own thinking that a more 'normal' friend would never have accomplished.
I could see how GPT-3 could perhaps help in playing both those roles. Listening as well as 'prompting' creativity.
For example, I have had more than one schizophrenic friend, and my role in the conversation often boiled down to figuring out how to best respond to a usually disjointed and often incomprehensible message.
What the friend got out of it was someone who listened and enjoyed the company (which can be challenging for people suffering from schizophrenia).
What I got out of it was not just feeling good about being a rare and listening friend, though. I found that what my friend said, however difficult or impossible to comprehend, would often trigger interesting new thoughts or ideas in my own thinking that a more 'normal' friend would never have accomplished.
I could see how GPT-3 could perhaps help in playing both those roles. Listening as well as 'prompting' creativity.