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15 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I've found myself having this conversation with my in-laws as well, not something I would have imagined

My favorite part of ALL of those conversations, especially if they are with adults who saw something on FB or AI spit out, like "the Mayans were also skilled in the field of space travel, and frequently visited their home world of Jupiter," their response to your point of "yeah....that's not true," is invariably "oh yeah?  Well.....you don't have any proof that it's NOT true!"

FFS, (1) that's not how the burden of proof works, and (2) demanding that someone prove a negative is asinine.  "Idiocracy" is too kind a label for this country.

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4 hours ago, Captainant said:

I've found myself having this conversation with my in-laws as well, not something I would have imagined

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Not just my in-laws but blood relatives, high school friends, etc.

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That story made me super sad. It’s beyond time to regulate this in its consumer applications. Every text it spits out should have a cigarette style warning:

”This text was created by a computer program that cannot think or feel. The program is owned by (company) and its purpose is to advance (company’s) business interest.”

Every image or audio visually or audibly watermarked in a similar way. 

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2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

 

jesus christ that might be the most horrible thing i've seen this year, and this year has been this year. gotdamn. 

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jesus christ that might be the most horrible thing i've seen this year, and this year has been this year. gotdamn. 

Meh. That’s normal, and a perfect example of the ethics of the AI industry as a whole. Get used to a LOT more of it.
Money has value.
Power and control have value.
Humanity has no value. Shit, probably negative value.
And we’re elevating that worldview more every day.
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On 11/5/2025 at 9:50 PM, atomheartbevo said:

This applies to a lot of things - my middle-schooler, we've had to work on him hard not to be a dick to various older relatives who believe the stupid shit they see on Facebook, and just kind of ease into the conversation that what they are talking about is fake, rather than "Haha that's fake how can anybody be stupid enough to believe that" (something he actually told an older relative).  He's naturally cynical about a lot of stuff on the internet because of me and his mom, and because he and his friends seem to have the same shared cynicism about advertising, spam, etc.

But there are definitely kids around his age who do not seem to have any critical thinking skills.  Those kids are going to have their bank accounts cleaned out in the not-to-distant future.

It's like kids who did their term papers and what not straight out of the encyclopedia, back in the day.

Funny thing, though, I'm an internet junkie of sorts, but mostly to read.  I spend about half my time on some kind of reference site.

Like, we started thread jacking somewhere on ships of the line and battleships.  I spent the next couple of days looking up naval battles in the age of steam, and the development of battleships.  Which is a topic I have geeked out on before.

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