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I don't see a big deal given
What I am concerned however is that those chatbots babble a bloody lot. And people might be willing to accept babble a bit more, due to exposure lowering their standards. And they kind of give up looking for meaning on what others say.
Under certain circumstances. How you say things in work and personal settings such as dating can absolutely affect outcomes.
In the specific case of clanker vocab leaking into the general population, that's no big deal. Bots are "trained" towards bland, unoffensive, neutral words and expressions; stuff like "indeed", "push the boundaries of", "delve", "navigate the complexities of
$topic". Mostly overly verbose discourse markers.However when speaking in general grounds you're of course correct, since the choice of words does change the meaning. For example, a "please" within a request might not change the core meaning, but it still adds meaning - because it conveys "I believe to be necessary to show you respect".
I take the specific view that inadvertent phrasing of three words or less has repeatedly changed my life. Three is actually really excessive. One usually does the job; I only had to go to three once.
But then again, I'm a writer. Oh, I sure as shit wasn't the first time, but this is where serendipity cones into play. You know what you have to say without even thinking about it.