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Layzeebeaver

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58. I'm not pretending

Sun Oct 12, 2025, 12:14 PM

6 hrs ago

I was open and clear.

Ethics? Let's keep that as a separate topic. This is something that can be discussed with clear positions.

Pathetic? That a personal opinion.

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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 Yesterday #1

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

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

That sounds human supremacist! Polybius 7 hrs ago #57

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

and if I did this on my own? Layzeebeaver Yesterday #9

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

So... a PHD dude in 1970 has 12 understudies... Layzeebeaver Yesterday #18

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

Yes. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #14

That is much too extreme a view. yardwork Yesterday #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 Yesterday #43

Take a breath.............. Jack Valentino 20 hrs ago #53

Jeez. I actually DON'T use AI to write or create anything. yardwork 10 hrs ago #55

If you'd talked to the near-suicidal artists, writers and teachers (who see their students being dumbed down) highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #56

How was Celerity disingenuous? obamanut2012 Yesterday #32

That was interesting. 2naSalit Yesterday #3

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

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

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

One of my concerns... 2naSalit Yesterday #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 Yesterday #45

Whoa there... 2naSalit Yesterday #50

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

pretty cool... Layzeebeaver Yesterday #5

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

AI is the machine gun in WW1 part 3 Layzeebeaver Yesterday #12

There's nothing creative about shooting a gun. Tommy Carcetti Yesterday #33

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

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

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

A fair opinion Layzeebeaver Yesterday #15

"wrecks the environment"????? Layzeebeaver Yesterday #16

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

This is a deep subject Layzeebeaver Yesterday #20

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

did you actually read what I wrote? Layzeebeaver Yesterday #23

Yes. Which is why you got that response. You wrote: highplainsdem Yesterday #41

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

I'm not fighting for anything here... Layzeebeaver Yesterday #21

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

What? Layzeebeaver Yesterday #28

. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #34

Thank you for catching this and calling it out. ms liberty Yesterday #36

user name checks out eShirl Yesterday #26

Quite a poignant poem WestMichRad Yesterday #29

yea... unfortunate Layzeebeaver Yesterday #30

Weird Al Yankovich never had to use AI. ms liberty Yesterday #37

same applies to spell check... Layzeebeaver Yesterday #39

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

I'm not pretending Layzeebeaver 6 hrs ago #58

Ethics is not a separate topic. It's inherent when this tech exists only because of stolen IP. The fact highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #59

What exactly is "American Pie" anyhow? nt Disaffected Yesterday #38

No replies - maybe it doesn't mean anything? Disaffected 49 min ago #62

"American Pie" was a silly jingle GenThePerservering Yesterday #40

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

A Prius? How American. n/t flvegan Yesterday #51

Exactly! Layzeebeaver 20 hrs ago #52

That is excellent! Thanks! Owl 20 hrs ago #54

considering the environmental and ethical issues involving this kind of slop Blue_Adept 6 hrs ago #60

"AI is a Ponzi scheme designed to harvest large investments....a way to destroy IP for the individual and vest it to the highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #61