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QueerDuck

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16. It's the end of humanity. We're doomed.

Sat Nov 22, 2025, 06:06 PM

Nov 2025

Woe are we. Image if we got rid of Google and had them use... gasp!... Libraries with analog books. Ink on paper. Gutenberg printing press and all that! Outlaw typewriters... bring back quills and parchment. Cuneiform and clay tablets rule!

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Something Disturbing Happens When You "Learn" Something With ChatGPT [View all] highplainsdem Nov 2025 OP

Only for those who take it at face value. I immediately expect something to be wrong-- at least partially and hlthe2b Nov 2025 #1

Yes that's the totally sensible approach ... to distrust the information until it has been corroborated FakeNoose Nov 2025 #25

Also understand how low even that bar was. Remember the disdain for "Google University" RockRaven Nov 2025 #2

I've seen so many people posting "I ran this by Chat GPT and this is what it came up with" or chia Nov 2025 #3

That is so cringe-worthy to me. I can't believe how uncritically people have accepted this Iris Nov 2025 #10

If you're going to use AI... ultralite001 Nov 2025 #4

It's Cliff Notes in a new incarnation. Speedy and shallow. IMO. nt allegorical oracle Nov 2025 #5

I'll bet Cliff Notes at least had 'some' human review. And the notes were revised over the years. erronis Nov 2025 #11

Sure ... the Cliff Notes were written by live humans FakeNoose Nov 2025 #26

;-{) Goonch Nov 2025 #6

Whatever chatbot(s?) generated that AI-promoting AI slop answer for you makes no reference at all highplainsdem Nov 2025 #9

Please don't tell other people what to post. Jack Valentino Nov 2025 #40

This is a message board for people to communicate, not a display for AI slop. If it's treated as acceptable highplainsdem Nov 2025 #41

Yeah, we all have our crosses to bear.... Jack Valentino Nov 2025 #42

It was a request saying please, not an order. As for your availing yourself of the technology - it's unlikely highplainsdem Nov 2025 #43

I put my use of any technology whatsoever which will help me to oppose TRUMP Jack Valentino Nov 2025 #44

Kick SheltieLover Nov 2025 #7

Thanks! highplainsdem Nov 2025 #21

Yw. Ty for being our resident expert on ai slop! SheltieLover Nov 2025 #22

Doing a google search is hardly the best way to learn something to begin with... Wounded Bear Nov 2025 #8

I have been using Google's 'NotebookLM', I think with good results. rog Nov 2025 #12

Why aren't you writing those reports yourself, if they're supposedly from you? And why do you want highplainsdem Nov 2025 #20

I'm not sure I'm communicating effectively. rog Nov 2025 #27

I emphasized writing for yourself because writing is critical to thinking and shouldn't be turned over highplainsdem Nov 2025 #33

OK. It's clear that your reading comprehension is limited, since we - apparently - agree ... rog Nov 2025 #34

You ignored my pointing out that genAI tools are fundamentally unethical because they're trained illegally highplainsdem Nov 2025 #35

You're just a wealth of information, aren't you? rog Nov 2025 #36

If you had spent a bit more time simply googling, you'd have learned quickly for yourself that natural highplainsdem Nov 2025 #37

(sigh) re: your assumptions about my diet ... vegan since about 1974 ... rog Nov 2025 #38

Sigh. I haven't "singled you out" - I've posted hundreds of threads here on the pitfalls of using genAI, highplainsdem Nov 2025 #39

I like going down the research holes of Wikipedia, pubmed, phys.org, Medscape, etc. erronis Nov 2025 #13

Butlerian Jihad... BurnDoubt Nov 2025 #14

This!!! paleotn Nov 2025 #19

The ship has sailed. Professors are using it now Sympthsical Nov 2025 #15

And there are more and more studies showing how harmful AI is, how much it dumbs users down. highplainsdem Nov 2025 #23

We've said the same about social media Sympthsical Nov 2025 #24

It's the end of humanity. We're doomed. QueerDuck Nov 2025 #16

Dumb comparisons, and you know it. Or should. highplainsdem Nov 2025 #18

so much wrong with AI barbtries Nov 2025 #17

You can also create your own 'custom' search engine to do that ... rog Nov 2025 #30

Seen on one of my fitness sites last spring: CrispyQ Nov 2025 #28

Butlerian Jihad... BurnDoubt Nov 2025 #29

OOPS!!! BurnDoubt Nov 2025 #31

Seems Obvious OC375 Nov 2025 #32