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highplainsdem

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7. Your use of ChatGPT is unethical, if you're aware of the many news stories and the many posts here

Sat Oct 11, 2025, 08:00 AM

21 hrs ago

about OpenAI and other AI companies stealing all the intellectual property they could get to, with no intent of ever paying for it, to train their AI.

Your use of it is like approval of slave labor or theft of other types of property.

It's just a plagiarism machine that dumbs users down.

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I asked ChatGPT to rewrite "American Pie" to be more contemporary... [View all] Layzeebeaver Yesterday OP

de rec (for posting nothing but AI slop) Celerity 23 hrs ago #1

actually, its not slop. I played a core part in framing and editing of this. Layzeebeaver 23 hrs ago #2

Non sequitur. I never it was an attempt at passing it off as human made. Celerity 21 hrs ago #6

Your use of ChatGPT is unethical, if you're aware of the many news stories and the many posts here highplainsdem 21 hrs ago #7

and if I did this on my own? Layzeebeaver 21 hrs ago #9

Yes. Of course. It would be your own work. The difference is obvious. Just as there's an obvious highplainsdem 21 hrs ago #11

So... a PHD dude in 1970 has 12 understudies... Layzeebeaver 20 hrs ago #18

Please look up the meaning of "understudy" because you obviously don't know it. highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #49

Yes. WhiskeyGrinder 21 hrs ago #14

That is much too extreme a view. yardwork 20 hrs ago #25

No, it isn't. If you're using AI without being forced to do so by your job or school, and you're aware highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #43

Take a breath.............. Jack Valentino 6 hrs ago #53

How was Celerity disingenuous? obamanut2012 19 hrs ago #32

That was interesting. 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #3

Write it yourself. Don't use an unethical tool trained on stolen intellectual property. highplainsdem 21 hrs ago #8

And write it in longhand with a quill pen and homemade ink. yardwork 20 hrs ago #27

Stop being so silly. No one suggested that. I love tech that actually helps, and I had an HP laser printer highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #44

One of my concerns... 2naSalit 19 hrs ago #35

You don't want it stealing YOUR stuff, but you're fine with it being trained on all the writing by other people highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #45

Whoa there... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #50

I don't use AI, but I've been doing this for years (just for fun). Latest example: DFW 22 hrs ago #4

pretty cool... Layzeebeaver 21 hrs ago #5

That's GREAT! Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading and humming-along. QueerDuck 21 hrs ago #10

AI is the machine gun in WW1 part 3 Layzeebeaver 21 hrs ago #12

There's nothing creative about shooting a gun. Tommy Carcetti 19 hrs ago #33

Exactly. And there's nothing creative about having genAI do something for you. highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #47

The people who'll be hurt by AI tools that dumb them down are not the ones refusing to participate highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #46

Boring and vague. Not a fan of the original, but at least the wordplay and references in it mean something. WhiskeyGrinder 21 hrs ago #13

A fair opinion Layzeebeaver 21 hrs ago #15

"wrecks the environment"????? Layzeebeaver 21 hrs ago #16

Damage to the envirinment is just one of a number of harms from genAI and the data centers being highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #17

This is a deep subject Layzeebeaver 20 hrs ago #20

There's no way to use genAI built on theft ethically. That's like saying you'll use slave labor ethically. highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #22

did you actually read what I wrote? Layzeebeaver 20 hrs ago #23

Yes. Which is why you got that response. You wrote: highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #41

A guy from my office showed me what one of those programs could do DFW 19 hrs ago #31

We can try to prevent worse from happening, or we can let it happen by saying "we've already come so far, why not WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #19

I'm not fighting for anything here... Layzeebeaver 20 hrs ago #21

Fighting for open-mindedness? About something that reduces creativity, reduces brain activity, plagiarizes art WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #24

What? Layzeebeaver 19 hrs ago #28

. WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #34

Thank you for catching this and calling it out. ms liberty 18 hrs ago #36

user name checks out eShirl 20 hrs ago #26

Quite a poignant poem WestMichRad 19 hrs ago #29

yea... unfortunate Layzeebeaver 19 hrs ago #30

Weird Al Yankovich never had to use AI. ms liberty 18 hrs ago #37

same applies to spell check... Layzeebeaver 17 hrs ago #39

An inspiration by itself isn't music, or a book, or a painting. Just having an idea does not entitle you highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #48

What exactly is "American Pie" anyhow? nt Disaffected 18 hrs ago #38

"American Pie" was a silly jingle GenThePerservering 16 hrs ago #40

Way too much Democratic whining over this worthy portrayal of current events. (nt) Paladin 15 hrs ago #42

A Prius? How American. n/t flvegan 12 hrs ago #51

Exactly! Layzeebeaver 7 hrs ago #52

That is excellent! Thanks! Owl 6 hrs ago #54