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gulliver

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13. AI can help save us from natural intelligences (humans) powered by the Internet.

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 01:47 PM

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Imo, the world was already being wrecked by natural intelligences (humans) powered by the Internet. The grifting and lunacy levels were growing without bound. Crazy and stupid people could find people who think like them. Any meritless idea could be googled to find a web site that supported it. Critical thinking was supplanted by "google it." Which didn't work.

AI's real opportunity and danger are that it gives equal access to wisdom while being extremely destructive to BS.

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'I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff': professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI [View all] highplainsdem Tuesday OP

Asymmetric Starbeach Tuesday #1

It's possible he's done more harm to education than any other person in history. highplainsdem Tuesday #2

With social media and AI, tech broligarchs misanthrope Tuesday #3

I agree, and it's a tragic situation. Unfortunately accelerated by people using AI when they aren't highplainsdem Tuesday #5

Tangential but related misanthrope Tuesday #9

Very helpful video. Thanks again! highplainsdem Tuesday #10

+1. Altman wants to be the next Elon Musk dalton99a Tuesday #4

Thanks! highplainsdem Tuesday #7

Re what you added there about Sam Altman - yes, he's a lot like Elon Musk. He wants more and more highplainsdem Tuesday #11

Psychopathy and sociopathy aid success in the corporate and political realms misanthrope Tuesday #21

Writing a thesis is hard work Mz Pip Tuesday #6

You'd accomplished a lot, and learned a lot. highplainsdem Tuesday #8

It is sooooooo awful róisín_dubh Tuesday #12

I'm so sorry. It's understandable that good teachers don't want to deal with what AI has done to highplainsdem Tuesday #14

AI can help save us from natural intelligences (humans) powered by the Internet. gulliver Tuesday #13

Generative AI isn't "extremely destructive to BS." It's often called a bullshit machine. It isn't highplainsdem Tuesday #15

Not perfect, but a massive improvement over "humans plus Google" gulliver Tuesday #16

Generative AI is NOT the real deal. It will always hallucinate, and it will never get us to true highplainsdem Tuesday #17

It's useful as a tool, so far gulliver Tuesday #18

It's an unethical tool, because it was trained illegally on stolen intellectual property. It's a tool that highplainsdem Tuesday #20

We agree on the negative aspects almost entirely gulliver Tuesday #22

I wish I could believe that Musk really wants abundance for all, but IIRC there's little or no evidence highplainsdem Tuesday #28

The same idiots who used google searches to reinforce and promote their idiocies... hunter Tuesday #19

True gulliver Tuesday #23

Imagine a golden future where students use AI to write papers... hunter Tuesday #24

We already have a present, far from golden, where some students and teachers do that. And our highplainsdem Tuesday #29

When used appropriately and responsibly.... anciano Tuesday #25

Other people's uncredited information, ideas and creativity. Do you even note the use of genAI in your product ... marble falls Tuesday #27

I've used genAI enough to know what's created with it is a result of the stolen IP used to train it. highplainsdem Tuesday #31

And I'll help. May I grease the skids? marble falls Tuesday #26

Very happy to have your help. A lot of people share our opinion of AI. There was a poll done recently highplainsdem Tuesday #30

Fuck AI. Fuck it to hell. Initech Tuesday #32

We have good reason to hate and oppose the tech lords who released generative AI tools and highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #33