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anciano

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25. When used appropriately and responsibly....

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:14 PM

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I have found genAI to be an efficient and effective tool for obtaining information, evaluating ideas, and enhancing creativity.

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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