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Intractable

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3. Well, it was honest with you. Honest, but vacuous.

Reply to eleny (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 12:48 AM

Sunday

Recently, I was engaged in a long-winded texting conversation with a customer.

After a bit, it became clear to me that she was responding to me using ChatGPT-generated texts.

- She wasn't actually answering my questions.
- The grammar was perfect.
- Her responses employed the emdash character — a very distinct punctuation mark — in the messages. (What normal person uses the emdash in an ordinary text?)

It was one more thing in a long string of hassles from her. I fired my customer for wasting my time.

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I asked Gemini if AI was more ""Crowd-pleaser over mentor". The answer... [View all] eleny Saturday OP

'Treating these systems like an easily confused, eager-to-please intern ...' Intractable Sunday #1

When I asked why I got conflicting answers, it replied... eleny Sunday #2

Well, it was honest with you. Honest, but vacuous. Intractable Sunday #3

Omg, I use the emdash occasionally eleny Sunday #5

AI is atrocious -misanthroptimist Sunday #4

It has been a time saver eleny Sunday #6

It's just feeding you back someone else's ideas on it. Melon Sunday #7

yup, that's it in a nutshell eleny Sunday #10

Don't get so twisted. It is parasitic and telling you what JCMach1 Sunday #8

I'm amused and better informed now eleny Sunday #9