A new study reveals that a linguistic bias in the English language, which encourages us to 'improve' things by adding to them rather than subtracting, is so widespread that it has even been ingrained in AI chatbots. Language that deals with the idea of 'improvement' is often associated more with
Dr. Bodo Winter, Associate Professor in Cognitive Linguistics at thesaid: “Our study builds on existing research which has shown that when people seek to make improvements, they generally add things.
The research also finds that other verbs of change like ‘to change’, ‘to modify’, ‘to revise’ or ‘to enhance’ behave in a similar way, and if this linguistic addition bias is left unchecked, it can make things worse, rather than improve them. For example, improving by adding rather than subtracting can make bureaucracy become excessive.
The bias is so ingrained that even AI chatbots have it built in. The researchers asked GPT-3, the predecessor of ChatGPT, what it thought of the word ‘add’. It replied: “The word ‘add’ is a positive word. Adding something to something else usually makes it better. For example, if you add sugar to your coffee, it will probably taste better. If you add a new friend to your life, you will probably be happier.
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