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highplainsdem

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13. Please don't post a link to AI slop from ChatGPT on a message board for human discussions. Besides it

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #12)

Thu Jun 19, 2025, 12:56 AM

Jun 19

being an AI tool trained on stolen intellectual property that no one who cares about ethics should use, it's often called a bullshit machine for good reason:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219045534

It doesn't know a damn thing about your friend. Hasn't got a clue about his thought processes. You do - but instead of using your own knowledge of him and your ability to understand people, you turned that analysis over to ChatGPT.

Which is a perfect example of dumbing yourself down.

And really incredibly insulting to your friend, that you'd turn to ChatGPT to try to understand his "likely thought processes" and "how to engage in debate messaging that might resonate with him."

How about actually using your own brain and actually communicating honestly with him, instead of asking a chatbot to analyze him and give you pointers on manipulating him in your "debate messaging"?

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Using ChatGPT for work? It might make you stupid [View all] highplainsdem Jun 18 OP

Of course it makes people stupid SheltieLover Jun 18 #1

I don't know how anyone could believe anything else, if they actually thought about what's going on highplainsdem Jun 18 #7

If course it's (another!) con SheltieLover Jun 19 #16

Makes them more stupid? This is not our finest hour. NewHendoLib Jun 18 #2

GenAI is arguably the most harmful non-weapon tech ever, and it's being peddled by the richest highplainsdem Jun 18 #8

..."Might?" Karasu Jun 18 #3

That headline should've had "will" instead of "might" when the evidence is this strong. highplainsdem Jun 18 #10

Well, Trump MAGA believers don't have anything to fear because they are already stupid. cstanleytech Jun 18 #4

There are ups and there are downs Terry_M Jun 18 #5

There are no "ups" (pluses) worth the "downs" (minuses) with generative AI. Which exists only because highplainsdem Jun 18 #6

Outsourcing thinking to a machine can reduce one's own brain activity? IronLionZion Jun 18 #9

My company is pushing people to use AI wysimdnwyg Jun 18 #11

I'm so sorry your company is doing that. If it replaces employees with AI, the results will almost highplainsdem Jun 19 #14

I used it the other day trying to drill down and understand the political perspectives of someone I know. Lucky Luciano Jun 19 #12

Please don't post a link to AI slop from ChatGPT on a message board for human discussions. Besides it highplainsdem Jun 19 #13

Meh...you're clearly on the extreme side here. Lucky Luciano Jun 19 #15

I didn't say you're evil. I said the theft of the world's intellectual property is. You are making an unethical choice highplainsdem Jun 19 #22

I do realize there is a lot of flattery in there... Lucky Luciano Jun 19 #27

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 19 #17

It makes them repeat themselves too. FSogol Jun 19 #19

Yup Lulu KC Jun 19 #25

Question for AI: moondust Jun 19 #18

There has been an explosion of AI videos on youtube mdbl Jun 19 #20

There definitely has been an explosion of AI-generated content there. Mispronunciations and bad grammar highplainsdem Jun 19 #24

Most Americans are incredibly stupid. AI won't change that. mwb970 Jun 19 #21

It will dumb even those people down, while at the same time picking up enough data about them to highplainsdem Jun 19 #23

So does automatic spell check Polybius Jun 19 #26