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highplainsdem

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6. We're already paying for it, but it's likely to get much worse. And genAI is an ideal tech for authoritarian

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 12:45 PM

Apr 2025

regimes, especially with the tech lords subservient to or deliberately allying with an autocratic leader. Not only are AI tools great for data gathering, surveillance, deep fakes and rapid spreading of disinformation, they can subtly alter writing someone's generating with AI to shift their earlier thoughts to align more with what the AI generated. In a way putting puppet strings on the writer, who might notice at first glance that what the AI generated wasn't exactly what the AI user had wanted to say, but hey, it does sound pretty good...

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The Cure for AI writer's block... Paste this into your chats before you start... [View all] mikelewis Apr 2025 OP

Or use your own damn brain. Ocelot II Apr 2025 #1

Yes. Using AI encourages you to stop thinking, dumb yourself down and deskill yourself, while handing more highplainsdem Apr 2025 #3

AI is a blight on civilization. It encourages us to be lazy, unimaginative and stupid, Ocelot II Apr 2025 #4

And don't forget - adds to global warming TommyT139 Apr 2025 #5

We're already paying for it, but it's likely to get much worse. And genAI is an ideal tech for authoritarian highplainsdem Apr 2025 #6

This is not correct if you use it as the OP outlined LearnedHand Apr 2025 #7

I've read thousands of articles on AI in the last few years and talked to lots of experts on AI and its highplainsdem Apr 2025 #9

I get what you're saying but i think it's too simplistic a judgment LearnedHand Apr 2025 #11

I don't believe using genAI for coding or brainstorming begins to offset all the harm it does, highplainsdem Apr 2025 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author bucolic_frolic Apr 2025 #2

This is brilliant! Where did you learn to chain your prompts like this? LearnedHand Apr 2025 #8

I have been using AI for a while now... mikelewis Apr 2025 #10

Prompt engineering is THE secret for sure LearnedHand Apr 2025 #12

Put this in your GPT traits.... mikelewis Apr 2025 #13