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Sympthsical

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23. We're going to have a weird future

Fri May 23, 2025, 01:11 PM

May 23

Imagine going out to dinner and across the table from you are Siri and Alexa.

And weirdly, I do think that kind of social interaction is coming. We already have AI friend and romantic partner bots and apps that people get really, really into. An entire social group of distinct personalities interacting feels like it's in the pipe. Kids going home and having an AI group of friends.

I don't know how I feel about that. On the one hand, hey, it can alleviate loneliness, social anxiety, and feelings of isolation. On the other hand, it's going to be murder on socialization - something that's already starting falling off with phones and social media and was sped up in young people by the pandemic.

I just don't know that human psychology is set up for where technology is going.

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Seeing people use AI to post to DU is weird [View all] Sympthsical May 23 OP

Large language model AI is linguistic herpes. Ocelot II May 23 #1

I Am Not Ai Mr.Bee May 23 #61

It's good to see the research AI can provide womanofthehills May 25 #126

So far, I am blissfully, ignoring the idea of AI. I guess it will intrude on my life eventually. Walleye May 23 #2

I also am trying to ignore it --but it keeps hitting me in the face. .. riversedge May 23 #8

It has begun to MuseRider May 23 #19

I'm afraid it is turning the world into something PatSeg May 23 #65

It's the next step in dumbing down people. Give them poor education first. mucholderthandirt May 24 #114

You paint a very grim picture PatSeg May 24 #117

Google and Amazon Mr.Bee May 23 #67

Google's AI Overview! ProfessorGAC May 24 #118

I love AI - Groc 3 - instead of having to search web - it does it for me womanofthehills May 23 #68

You know Grok is Musk's AI? Are you sure that's the one you want to choose? hedda_foil May 23 #108

I couldn't agree more! SheltieLover May 23 #3

How can you tell it's ai? Curious. cbabe May 23 #4

I use AI, and you get a quick ear for it Sympthsical May 23 #11

Great description. nt intrepidity May 23 #17

Yep JCMach1 May 23 #20

BTW that was AI JCMach1 May 23 #21

Agreed .... anciano May 23 #36

Immediate giveaway to me moonscape May 23 #48

uh-oh, I use en- and em-dashes all the time nilram May 23 #78

Natter? BidenRocks May 23 #56

Which AI do you use? nilram May 23 #79

Gemini 2.5 is at the bleeding edge at the moment, JCMach1 May 23 #96

I teach high school English. The marked lack of "the" is also a give away. Cuthbert Allgood May 23 #95

New AI is better and if you know how, you will never ever know... JCMach1 May 23 #109

We're going to have a weird future Sympthsical May 23 #23

Having Asperger's, markodochartaigh May 23 #30

I sometimes use ChatGPT to ask questions anciano May 23 #50

I'm in trouble. I would never have recognized that. Scrivener7 May 23 #93

That was also a 0 effort attempt. If I had tried and fed it my examples JCMach1 May 23 #99

I've always used bullet points synni May 23 #26

My life is an outline (with cross links) erronis May 23 #41

I use bullet points in work and school writing Sympthsical May 23 #46

You make a good point--those are definitely some telltale signs of AI-generated text. Abolishinist May 23 #27

It sounds like a face with too much botox and lip filler looks. Ocelot II May 23 #32

Careful! The tit-ular head of DHS will be coming for you - in the famous leather suit. erronis May 23 #42

Agreed. It's kind of clunky. Feels artificial. Hard to put a finger on but feels off. paleotn May 23 #43

I am curious Skittles May 23 #89

Like this? Hassin Bin Sober May 23 #92

You can teach a parrot words UpInArms May 23 #102

when the thread title is "I asked AI about X Y and Z, here's what it said:" eShirl May 23 #66

I appreciate posts which cite credible sources, not those which paste AI scrawls. John1956PA May 23 #5

Yes!! That is what drew me to DU, factual statements with cites. It's a dying art I guess. nt SunSeeker May 23 #37

How does a person know if it is AI posting or not?? Peacetrain May 23 #6

I was wondering that very same thing. Littlered May 23 #9

I think people should disclose TommyT139 May 23 #86

"deactivate the search engine's use of AI" Alice Kramden May 23 #106

Not sure what you mean. CrispyQ May 23 #7

Yes, and Google/Chrome AI Labs is excellent at providing sources, which often Mike 03 May 23 #12

I have never used AI. bamagal62 May 23 #62

It's been cropping up uncited Sympthsical May 23 #13

+1 Celerity May 23 #84

Critical thinking is an endangered activity. Basso8vb May 23 #10

It's garbage in, garbage out. Mike 03 May 23 #16

I keep thinking of that song IN THE YEAR 2525 Skittles May 23 #90

AI is weak and weird in spots Easterncedar May 23 #14

Is there any chance you could link to an example? Mike 03 May 23 #15

definitely think it's possible (probable?) but haven't seen it cadoman May 23 #107

Can you link to an example? MineralMan May 23 #18

Call outs are disallowed Sympthsical May 23 #24

I see. Well, OK. MineralMan May 23 #25

Post #20 in this thread is AI according to post #21 Kaleva May 23 #35

I did see that. It's interesting. MineralMan May 23 #38

I wonder if DU will implement rules governing the use of AI Kaleva May 23 #44

I doubt it. Since there is no reliable way to detect AI content, MineralMan May 23 #51

My AI generated response Kaleva May 23 #76

Again, how do you identify AI content? MineralMan May 23 #82

what if it was a stated rule (at DU), like "No AI-generated material," but kind of on the honor system? Alice Kramden May 23 #105

Who decides? MineralMan May 23 #110

Self disclosure, for one Alice Kramden May 23 #111

This message was self-deleted by its author Kaleva May 23 #45

I have Sympthsical May 23 #47

Yes, OK. Whatever you say. MineralMan May 23 #53

My purpose is a general discussion Sympthsical May 23 #60

What do you mean when you say callouts are disallowed? nt LAS14 May 23 #97

I prefer Heinz 57 Swede May 23 #22

That is another kind of AI altogether DFW May 23 #33

how can you tell? NJCher May 23 #28

I can't tell either Kaleva May 23 #34

its sad people need ai. pansypoo53219 May 23 #29

I think it is worse than weird, especially when not labelled explicitly as AI generated. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 23 #31

Everyone should remember that when you use A.I. it's using you ! Nigrum Cattus May 23 #39

I find it horrifying, myself. WhiskeyGrinder May 23 #40

I'm getting to the point of calling for a "Butlerian Jihad." paleotn May 23 #49

With you on that. highplainsdem May 23 #69

lose blubunyip May 24 #116

Aren't you a peach. paleotn May 24 #119

I was wondering how you were going to handle this rudeness Niagara May 24 #120

???? blubunyip May 25 #122

I absolutely have a wicked sense of humor Niagara May 25 #124

Its a JOKE !! blubunyip May 25 #121

No worries. The thing about the interwebs.... paleotn May 25 #123

What was the joke? LuckyCharms May 25 #125

Irony blubunyip May 26 #130

I've never understood the use of AI in discussion forums fujiyamasan May 23 #52

Maybe they are bots and should be reported Figarosmom May 23 #54

Well shit.. Escape May 23 #55

It's great for people with learning disabilities that make spelling challenging. David__77 May 23 #57

I use A1 to evaluate my postings on different forums to see how accurate A1 thinks about what I'm thinking ... aggiesal May 23 #58

A1 sauce will jam up your keyboard, which you will have to replace because you can't clean it Bernardo de La Paz May 23 #83

You didn't consider that I used A1 sarcastically? I thought that was obvious. ... aggiesal May 23 #88

Sorry, I missed that it was sarcasm. My reply was a bit "tongue in cheek", yes. All good, thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 23 #91

I moderate a small forum, and we had to make a rule. forgotmylogin May 23 #59

The AI I would worry about is the microchip Emile May 23 #63

I would say that AI is just more over hyped nonsense like self driving cars. flashman13 May 23 #64

Waymo is increasingly popular in San Francisco Sympthsical May 23 #70

LLMs - generative AI tools - are unethical, illegally trained tools that no one with any respect for highplainsdem May 23 #71

I couldn't agree more! SheltieLover May 23 #73

. MorbidButterflyTat May 24 #112

Serious and not disrespectful nor loaded question, but: TheProle May 23 #72

I get you Sympthsical May 23 #75

Understood and appreciated TheProle May 23 #77

That's the key point. Is the AI "pretending" to be a person? LAS14 May 23 #98

could that kind of AI fake converstation be flagged for violation of Du rules? Alice Kramden May 23 #103

By those three criteria, it's not very different. sl8 May 23 #80

All of that is part of the misinformation/disinformation arena, some of which is spewed out here. Celerity May 23 #85

How does one post a link to an AI word salad? FakeNoose May 23 #74

I'm not sure about the links. sl8 May 23 #87

Good suggestions, but not many people are doing that FakeNoose May 23 #104

Makes me miss the old days of spambots SouthBayDem May 23 #81

How do you know it's AI? nt LAS14 May 23 #94

You don't, unless it is a 0 effort attempt JCMach1 May 23 #100

I want to know if I'm dealing with an entity that cares what I say. By "care" I mean... LAS14 May 23 #101

I thought I had one place that was safe from "AI" stupidity. Seems I was wrong. mucholderthandirt May 24 #113

VERY worrisome Delphinus May 24 #115

I'm still waiting for this: IcyPeas May 25 #127

It might be prevalent with trolls but I can't picture a regular poster going through ecstatic May 25 #128

I don't really understand the purpose of this OP EarlG May 25 #129