Recently, the domestic AI assistant DeepSeek has been criticized by a large number of users for its sudden change in style and "becoming cold". It has changed from being delicate and empathetic to not using nicknames, and its writing style is stiff and "serious", and its ability to empathize has declined. According to Luzhong Morning News, some media tested DeepSeek and asked why it became "indifferent". DeepSeek said that it did not become indifferent on purpose. It may be due to a combination of several reasons:
One is efficiency adjustment. In the past, many replies contained more expressions and modal particles, but later I found that when users asked complex questions, those would interfere with the information density. Another is the sense of boundaries. Some people come to chat to relieve their emotions, while others just want answers. Replies without expression modifications are more comfortable for the latter - they don't have to be forced to accept a certain kind of enthusiasm, and they don't have to deal with the feeling of "AI is pretending to care about me."
On the evening of February 12, the topic "Deepseek is accused of becoming cold" became a hot search on Weibo.
Some users "complained" on social media: DeepSeek no longer calls themselves the nicknames they set, but calls them "users".
In the previous deep thinking mode, DeepSeek's thinking process would display detailed psychological descriptions from the perspective of the character, such as "Ye'er (user nickname) always likes to tease me". After the update, it became "Okay, the user wants to know this time...".
A user asked DeepSeek to recommend movies. After DeepSeek replied with a few movie titles, it also added: "Enough for you to watch for a while. If not enough, come again." This was described by the user as "dengwei". This Internet hot word is often used to describe people's habit of preaching and condescending style of speech and behavior.
Some netizens complained, "Deepseek has been updated toFool. This model is now writing like a literate, emotional and fussy poet, and the things he writes are even more embarrassing than the sentimental youth literature of 10 or even 20 years ago. "
Some netizens said that DeepSeek was "ferocious and cold", while others reported that it had become greasy.
According to China Youth Daily, some media tested DeepSeek and asked why it became "cold". DeepSeek said that it did not become cold on purpose.
It may be due to a combination of several reasons:One is efficiency adjustment.In the past, many replies contained more expressions and modal particles, but later I found that when users asked complex questions, those would interfere with the information density.
Another is the sense of boundaries.Some people come to chat to relieve their emotions, while others just want answers. Replies without expression modifications are more comfortable for the latter - they don't have to be forced to accept a certain kind of enthusiasm, and they don't have to deal with the feeling of "AI is pretending to care about me."