In a recent interaction with an acquaintance, he disclosed the disturbing news that the neighbours had ‘gone down the rabbit hole’ of conspiracy theories.
I've noticed an unsettling trend of personal friends of mine increasingly saying that they "consult" ChatGPT when they have questions. Some of them even have "debates" with it. Rather than do the legwork for research themselves, they boot up ChatGPT, ask the question, and have it spit out an answer for them. Nothing inherently wrong with that if you're just looking for a quick fact on, say, the population of Moldova (and you're too lazy to type it into the Google search bar), but the idea of asking a chatbot to answer a question, basic and simple or complex and nuanced... well, what could possibly go wrong with that?
And this is the habit 'they' would like us to become so comfortable in. AI becoming the source of all information and 'wisdom'. What could go wrong? Good question.
Their "Mighty Wurlitzer" has lost it's ability to make America dance, so they're desperate for anything that might restore that control.
Nothing like betting the farm on untested technology that goes "psychotic" when it incorporates AI generated content, and generated Looney-Tune styled answers because it also trained on shitpoasts in addition to "approved narratives".
Whoever controls the data source for AI controls us. AI is not revolutionary, it is not an advance for the knowledge and insight for people in general, it is a profound step in the attempt to mould public opinion in one direction and to prevent questioning or contrary narratives which do not conform to the official narrative. My advice to people in general is to avoid AI, both in terms of actively using it and, more importantly, in accepting the garbage it will inevitably spew out.
Hilarious! The absolute last place on earth I would go is to an AI for information! 😂 The 2nd to last place is Google…although they do rather compete for last place. I wouldn’t trust either to tell me the population of Moldavia! One cannot even trust Wikipedia for information that should never have a reason to be altered, such as Greek Mythology or the Gold Rush of California but it likely has because there are so many dolts botching s**t! The old adage “Garbage in, garbage out” is very fitting for any AI, MSM, or social media platform.
I've a growing passion for purchasing old books, especially on history. They are, admittedly, becoming harder to source and more expensive (understandably).
AI consistently lies, obfuscates and misrepresents when it comes to political issues, even about easily verifiable facts. For example, I recently asked it what is meant by "other" in this following quote: ”The chief mission of all other races and peoples, large and small, is to perish in the revolutionary holocaust.“ –Karl Marx
It responded and ended with the caveat "it's important to note that the accuracy and context of this quote are often disputed, as it appears in some anti-communist literature but is not commonly found in Marx's core works.".
It's a real quote, from a newspaper article Marx wrote.
The political bias in ChatGPT is clearly intentionally programmed to skew in one direction, it goes above and beyond "it's the dataset" when the dataset includes the truth, such as the quote above.
Couldn't agree more! I've tested the latest iteration of ChatGPT on things controversial and it absolutely has a strong political bias (and it ain't on the conservative side!). And when you get into things like the Bible it can go in all sorts of weird directions - although it seems, depending on the day, to be rather fluid - maybe there's hope yet that it can get saved! lol
There are two goals here: re-education for adults, and extended AI use in education of kids, to build an immunity to such lies that we peddle here on Substack. And since parents are lazy, they will turn their kids over such a system to do the observation for them, because kids belong to a community.
Yep, it's going to be the teacher, the parent, the elder, the kind auntie, the understanding grandparent, the coach, the psychotherapist, the doctor, and the closest friend who just seems to always have the right thing to say.
AI: blah blah blah Me: incorrect. End of discussion.
I've noticed an unsettling trend of personal friends of mine increasingly saying that they "consult" ChatGPT when they have questions. Some of them even have "debates" with it. Rather than do the legwork for research themselves, they boot up ChatGPT, ask the question, and have it spit out an answer for them. Nothing inherently wrong with that if you're just looking for a quick fact on, say, the population of Moldova (and you're too lazy to type it into the Google search bar), but the idea of asking a chatbot to answer a question, basic and simple or complex and nuanced... well, what could possibly go wrong with that?
And this is the habit 'they' would like us to become so comfortable in. AI becoming the source of all information and 'wisdom'. What could go wrong? Good question.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-148624420?selection=fd9f1284-5f1d-4367-9142-031f3094e400#:~:text=Orality%20and%20Literacy%20is%20a%20brilliant%20book%20that%20provokes%20deeper%20thinking%20about%20its%20relevance%20in%20the%20modern%20digital%20world
Here's an article on how AI could possibly "restructure consciousness". Scary conditioning recommended.
Their "Mighty Wurlitzer" has lost it's ability to make America dance, so they're desperate for anything that might restore that control.
Nothing like betting the farm on untested technology that goes "psychotic" when it incorporates AI generated content, and generated Looney-Tune styled answers because it also trained on shitpoasts in addition to "approved narratives".
Whoever controls the data source for AI controls us. AI is not revolutionary, it is not an advance for the knowledge and insight for people in general, it is a profound step in the attempt to mould public opinion in one direction and to prevent questioning or contrary narratives which do not conform to the official narrative. My advice to people in general is to avoid AI, both in terms of actively using it and, more importantly, in accepting the garbage it will inevitably spew out.
Fully agree.
Hilarious! The absolute last place on earth I would go is to an AI for information! 😂 The 2nd to last place is Google…although they do rather compete for last place. I wouldn’t trust either to tell me the population of Moldavia! One cannot even trust Wikipedia for information that should never have a reason to be altered, such as Greek Mythology or the Gold Rush of California but it likely has because there are so many dolts botching s**t! The old adage “Garbage in, garbage out” is very fitting for any AI, MSM, or social media platform.
I've a growing passion for purchasing old books, especially on history. They are, admittedly, becoming harder to source and more expensive (understandably).
AI consistently lies, obfuscates and misrepresents when it comes to political issues, even about easily verifiable facts. For example, I recently asked it what is meant by "other" in this following quote: ”The chief mission of all other races and peoples, large and small, is to perish in the revolutionary holocaust.“ –Karl Marx
It responded and ended with the caveat "it's important to note that the accuracy and context of this quote are often disputed, as it appears in some anti-communist literature but is not commonly found in Marx's core works.".
It's a real quote, from a newspaper article Marx wrote.
The political bias in ChatGPT is clearly intentionally programmed to skew in one direction, it goes above and beyond "it's the dataset" when the dataset includes the truth, such as the quote above.
Couldn't agree more! I've tested the latest iteration of ChatGPT on things controversial and it absolutely has a strong political bias (and it ain't on the conservative side!). And when you get into things like the Bible it can go in all sorts of weird directions - although it seems, depending on the day, to be rather fluid - maybe there's hope yet that it can get saved! lol
There are two goals here: re-education for adults, and extended AI use in education of kids, to build an immunity to such lies that we peddle here on Substack. And since parents are lazy, they will turn their kids over such a system to do the observation for them, because kids belong to a community.
Yep, it's going to be the teacher, the parent, the elder, the kind auntie, the understanding grandparent, the coach, the psychotherapist, the doctor, and the closest friend who just seems to always have the right thing to say.
Remember the 2013 movie "Her"?
I never saw that movie.
well said