Dogman
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Another one of those websites you have to register to enter. I don't use those. My information is already scattered across the web far too much.
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Ai silliness is taking over the internet
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Another one of those websites you have to register to enter. I don't use those. My information is already scattered across the web far too much.
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Alpsman
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Sorry, cant get to the page, dont want to register.
In my bookshelf there is enough literature about plants and mushrooms.
The problem is not AI. The problem are the people who are to lazy to think for themself.
The problem are people who dont ask the right question.
Is this mushrom edible (eatable)?
Is it harmful to health?
Is it poison?
You recognice the difference in the questions ?/!
fub
Established
actually it is very different from the poisonous nightshade plants. once you decarbed them there is no more poison in them. Muscimol is just a GABA receptor agonist and not considered a poison. afaik
as always (exept for nightshade plants): Dosa sola facit venenum
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
You are right. Maybe I have been short-sighted by the amount of useless material posted online.
I would also add the people who profit from littering the internet with junk.
JohnWolf
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I must say, I'm finding AI a real boon in my life and work.
In website development with Bootstrap and Javascript, and for debugging, it's been phenomenal. I'm not very technical but know enough to frame prompts well, and I'm doing things I could not otherwise do.
At the non-profit I volunteer for, we're using AI to translate and subtitle videos. Volunteers who could not otherwise produce SRTs and merge them with MP4s are doing so and enjoying it.
Last week I asked AI to give me a simple vegan & gluten free pumpkin pie recipe, and I believe it's about the best pumpkin pie I've ever had.
As far as YouTube is concerned, that experience has always been one of filtering crap. Granted, crap has gotten easier to produce, but otherwise not much has changed.
The other day I found this old pic of my son with way more dust that I'm willing to detail with. I asked AI to clean up the dust and thought it did a fine job. All in about 10 seconds.
Personally, I'm finding AI very exciting. I feel it's all about what you bring to it.
In website development with Bootstrap and Javascript, and for debugging, it's been phenomenal. I'm not very technical but know enough to frame prompts well, and I'm doing things I could not otherwise do.
At the non-profit I volunteer for, we're using AI to translate and subtitle videos. Volunteers who could not otherwise produce SRTs and merge them with MP4s are doing so and enjoying it.
Last week I asked AI to give me a simple vegan & gluten free pumpkin pie recipe, and I believe it's about the best pumpkin pie I've ever had.
As far as YouTube is concerned, that experience has always been one of filtering crap. Granted, crap has gotten easier to produce, but otherwise not much has changed.
The other day I found this old pic of my son with way more dust that I'm willing to detail with. I asked AI to clean up the dust and thought it did a fine job. All in about 10 seconds.
Personally, I'm finding AI very exciting. I feel it's all about what you bring to it.
Dogman
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I buy mushrooms at the grocery store. No questions.
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Mos6502
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You perfectly demonstrate why AI (marketing) is nonsense. The beauty of computers if that they do exactly what you program them to do. The beauty of AI is, we are told, that you don't have to think like a programmer to use it, it's "smart" and understands what we mean. When in reality it's just a glorified interpreter, except worse because it can't be counted on for accuracy even if you're precise with your word choice and syntax. Worse still, because nobody is privy to its internal workings, there's no accurate way to troubleshoot, it's all trial and error. Wouldn't it be great if when AI didn't understand it would simply print "syntax error"? (Instead of trying to bullsh!t you or get you killed).
Alpsman
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I'm far from demonizing AI.
In the right hands, it's a great tool.
But it's like so many things. Misused, it can be deadly.
You can write a love letter with a pencil, but you can also stab someone with a pencil.
It is not the tool that is dangerous, but the (stupid) user.
In the right hands, it's a great tool.
But it's like so many things. Misused, it can be deadly.
You can write a love letter with a pencil, but you can also stab someone with a pencil.
It is not the tool that is dangerous, but the (stupid) user.
Alpsman
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Alpsman
Well-known
I assume it all started with ELIZA
en.wikipedia.org
from Joseph Weizenbaum
en.wikipedia.org
ELIZA - Wikipedia
from Joseph Weizenbaum
Joseph Weizenbaum - Wikipedia
boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
We had a conversational on-line program on the mainframe when I was at Aetna in '79 - '82. Dr. Otto Matic. He got some weird stuff thrown his way as you might imagine would be from smart-ass programmers. I blush to remember.
valdas
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Slightly off topic, I have just seen this review in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com
I get that AI helps in a lot of areas. But why it has to try to replace human actors?
Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror
The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online series
www.theguardian.com
I get that AI helps in a lot of areas. But why it has to try to replace human actors?
raydm6
Yay! Cameras! 🙈🙉🙊┌( ಠ_ಠ)┘ [◉"]
And we have this... ...just launched a few days ago. Be careful with this stuff:
www.livescience.com
en.wikipedia.org
What is Moltbook? A social network for AI threatens a 'total purge' of humanity — but some experts say it's a hoax
A new social networking site exclusively for bots has sparked claims of AI inventing its own religion and plotting humanity's downfall. But experts say its real dangers lie elsewhere.
Moltbook - Wikipedia
Alpsman
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1970 - science fiction
fub
Established
Slightly off topic, I have just seen this review in the Guardian:
Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror
The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online series
I get that AI helps in a lot of areas. But why it has to try to replace human actors?
because they don't care about making a good movie, let alone art. they just want maximum money
splitimageview
Administrator
The concern with AI is the misuse by dishonest brokers, and government threats and intimidation. Search engines and social media companies are guilty enough already of acquiescing to government pressure for censorship, not to mention manipulation of search results, and other egregious acts. The lust for power gives AI an irresistible draw.
News from today: French police raiding X offices...
News from today: French police raiding X offices...
Mcary
Veteran
AI Voice for voice that sound as real as plastic fruit tastes!
Out to Lunch
Veteran
For some context:
Le Monde with AFP
Published today at 12:00 pm (Paris), updated at 4:21 pm
..."The operation comes as both Britain and the European Union have opened separate probes into the generation of sexualised deepfakes of women and children by Musk's AI chatbot Grok. The French investigation, which also involves the EU police agency Europol, began in January 2025 over allegations X's algorithm was used to interfere in French politics, now also includes a probe into Grok's dissemination of Holocaust denials and sexual deepfakes."...
splitimageview
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That's relevant if one gives legitimacy to news reports, which are simply regurgitating government claims. The French and EU have not made it a secret they do not like not being able to censor.
The X algorithm is open source, it's on github.
The X algorithm is open source, it's on github.
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