Just ask yourself one simple question. Can you align AI responses same like you align ads on websites ?
Then ask yourself who are you speaking with.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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...okay in retrospect "AI is gambling" does explain a lot about why people are going completely fucking bonkers for autoplag
Cocaine doesn’t make you a business genius — it just makes you think you’re a business genius. Same for AI.
This is completely unrelated, but I once saw a dude snort a line of cocaine straight off a Nintendo Switch. Its kinda funny to think about.
This post is gold.
many ideas cribbed from rants by our valued comrade @fasterandworse, who rants about Hooked at the slightest provocation
David pulled it all together perfectly here. It's amazing how well it fits the hook model, whether they intended it or not
Curious what a study on relative AI uptake by Parkinson's patients and my fellow adhd'ers looks like. The same dopaminergic systems whose underperformance drives symptoms also makes us more likely to get hooked on gambling than average.
Edit: also, AI-to-cocaine is the new cloud-to-butt
I always wonder if an ADHDer gambling while a stimulant dose is active would find gambling even more addictive than a non-ADHDer because of the artificially increased amount of dopamine floating around. Or the same but with other potentially addictive behaviors.
In my experience, stimulants mean more self-control!
ADHD is a broad church, but most of us generally show reduced dopaminergic activity around the frontal lobe, which can manifest, as an example, executive dysfunction. The right stimulant medication at the proper dosage helps balance that out. My unmedicated brother can drink a latte and go to sleep immediately.
Gambling, browsing, etc feel good for the same reason, and I will never touch casinos, cocaine or street meth because I suspect that it'd ruin me.
Wait...I would like to hone in your brother drinking latte point, could you explain that in a bit more detail, if you don't mind?
dunno about mechanism, but as someone absolutely fried by ADHD i can tell you there's no nap as sweet as the nap after your third coffee of the day.