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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

This is what terrifies me, not whether AI will get to the point where it will be reliable, but that people won't know. People are idiots with no critical thinking skills, and every day they become more idiotic.

Just because ChatGPT sounds confident, it doesn't mean it is right.

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not even reliability, AI is pushed to agree with users to increase the time they spend interacting with it.

If this asshat asks keeps asking about things that make it seem clear he doesn't think poor people deserve medical care or government assistance it's going to start telling him he's absolutely right and has cut through the political discourse to see the simple truth that some people prefer to leech off of the government instead of finding a job.

It doesn't matter how fucked up your world view is, if you keep talking to AI in an ongoing context window it will start to agree with you.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can see it going both ways. If he starts new chats all the time, it could give him info he usually isn't exposed to.

I don't think people who use voice AI tend to start new chats though.

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

He has a whole lot of experience in not listening to anything he doesn't want to hear.

When the AI tells him something he doesn't like then it's a stupid thing repeating commie libral talking points. When it tell him he's right that the poor shouldn't have health care anyway and he's a rare and brilliant thinker then it's finally telling the truth.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A couple of years ago I asked chatgpt to recommend some areas in Portugal with a fairly mild climate, and it recommended a place that I looked up, to find the climate was described by the locals as 10 months of winter and 2 months of hell.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If half of your body is frozen and the other half is burnt to a crisp, in average you are okay?

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We all are. We are hardwired to take the path of least resistance

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Can confirm. People lean so much on tech they switch off their brains. Gps and parkong cameras come to mind. The number of people crossing multiple lanes to hit their exits and taking up to 5 minutes to L park is getting ridiculous.

Tech should be a tool, not a crutch for able adults.

[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is how I use my GPS:

  • What's the next turn? Okay, thanks, I'll look for it.
  • What's my exit? Okay, I'll look for it.

I once asked a family member to be my navigator while I was driving their car in their town. They took their phone out, let the GPS give the instructions, and then proceed to start watching tiktoks. I missed my first exit because the GPS told me "this is your exit" as I was passing the exit.