We live in an era where it’s seen as forward-thinking to embrace new ideas and to be more inclusive of people who are different from ourselves. If your business doesn’t have a plan for improving and promoting diversity (internally or externally) then is your business really fit for the 21st century
By using a word like ’embrace’ as part of its regular vocabulary, ChatGPT is able to present itself as a progressive, open-minded chatbot.
Even if the developers did not make a deliberate attempt to give ChatGPT a “woke” vocabulary, it would have ended up with one anyway via the tool’s pattern recognition software for language learning.
As I mentioned already, we live in a time where it’s cool to be open to anything and everything.
Think about the kinds of things which are often proceeded by the word ’embrace’: embrace change, embrace technology, embrace life, embrace the world—these are literally universal mantras.
The concept of change alone is a massive topic which has been written about extensively, especially in the realm of business and psychology. And the outcome of every study and every piece of literature is always the same: embrace change.
A word that carries with it such timely and positive connotations was never going to go unnoticed by ChatGPT’s artificial neural network.
‘Embrace’ is a powerful word for a positive action, and it has such wide usage in AI-generated responses that it has become a popular ChatGPT verb.
Indeed, words that can be thrown into any context are real commodities for LLMs which seek to output text as fast as possible while using minimal processing power. Take a look at just how versatile this word is:
Most of the value is derived from figurative usages as opposed to its literal meaning, which is a style of writing that ChatGPT has really taken to, so much so that we’ve compiled a list of the chatbot’s favorite metaphorical words.
Better still, ’embrace’ has what you could call a monopoly on this specific application of the word, because you wouldn’t ‘hug’ change or ‘clasp’ technology, for example. Sure, words like adopt and accept exist, but they don’t have the same level of intensity as embrace.
The answer to why ChatGPT uses ’embrace’ a lot is threefold.
It’s a crucial word for orientating the chatbot away from judgemental thinking, which could put off some users and impact upon the brand’s reputation.
It was a common word way before the arrival of ChatGPT, helped in part by its entwinement with terms like change and technology.
And finally, it’s a highly versatile metaphorical word that can be plugged into most if not any response without looking or sounding out of place.