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highplainsdem

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4. No, it's in our wheelhouse, for all of us. None of us have to accept the helplessness the AI bros want

Reply to cachukis (Reply #3)

Sat May 10, 2025, 05:29 PM

May 10

us to feel.

Using AI search instead of Wikipedia - or Google AI Overview instead of the regular search results offered - is a really bad idea. That allows the AI companies to steal traffic and income from the sites they already stole the training data from.. AI is killing the internet, between stealing traffic and adding AI slop almost everywhere.

If your youngsters are too accepting of AI, it may be harming them in all sorts of ways, including encouraging cheating. Which is apparently still the main thing ChatGPT is used for.

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AI hallucinations are getting worse - and they're here to stay (New Scientist) [View all] highplainsdem May 10 OP

I am hopeful a future Dem admin will deem AI illegal SheltieLover May 10 #1

Will not happen LiberalArkie May 10 #7

Probably not as the dumbing down continues... SheltieLover May 10 #9

I kind of look at the historical precedence of the Democratic administrations that follow a hostile GOP. LiberalArkie May 10 #12

I would love complete fixes, too, including making them pay EVERY PENNY they grifted in office SheltieLover May 10 #17

Maybe one day they'll discover what a 'true intelligence' is and use it as a map to imprint other AIs. Until they do, SWBTATTReg May 10 #2

I'm upvoting you even though markodochartaigh May 10 #8

It is here and infiltrating. Fact checking is a pain, but cachukis May 10 #3

No, it's in our wheelhouse, for all of us. None of us have to accept the helplessness the AI bros want highplainsdem May 10 #4

Okay, i got you. cachukis May 10 #6

I google probably 20-30 things a day. markodochartaigh May 10 #13

My experience as well. cachukis May 10 #14

The very first time an "AI overview" popped up on Google I knew it was completely wrong. Wish I had saved it. eppur_se_muova May 11 #18

Thank you very much. markodochartaigh May 11 #20

Just wait for bad actors flooding the zone with bad info. Hassin Bin Sober May 10 #5

Can't wait for AI to "Hallucinate" a couple of triple 7's into each other at 35k feet (scarily kidding) Cheezoholic May 10 #10

"'Hallucination' as a term is doubly problematic," is an understatement Nigrum Cattus May 10 #11

Great clarification. cachukis May 10 #15

The learning experience. cachukis May 10 #16

"Fantasy" then, or "delusion" ?? nt eppur_se_muova May 11 #19

I like that you wrote "learning" in quotes Redleg May 11 #21