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highplainsdem

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9. So what? Chatbots have a very high error rate. You don't know if any of that's true unless you check

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 06:11 PM

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all of it, in which case you haven't saved time. You've just been spoonfed a pablum version of history that could be riddled with errors.

And that tool works only because of intellectual property theft, and it uses much more electricity than other types of search, and it harms the websites it steals from. It directs wealth to the AI bros who are already billionaires happy to support Trump.

There's nothing positive about it.

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How AI works [View all] canetoad Dec 25 OP

In other words... it's an accelerated version of the last 1000 years. WarGamer Dec 25 #1

AI has the potential to uncover some groundbreaking health treatments, True Dough Dec 25 #2

This is why a progressive Government needs to lead into the future of AI... WarGamer Dec 25 #4

Agreed. True Dough Dec 25 #6

We don't have that government currently, the AI bros have never talked seriously about sharing their highplainsdem Dec 25 #10

Putting that money directly into medical research would be much more likely to produce results. highplainsdem Dec 25 #5

It's being developed by all the wrong people for all the wrong reasons? snot Dec 25 #20

No, genAI is turning Homo sapiens into brainless twits dependent on hallucinating chatbots and highplainsdem Dec 25 #3

I disagree. WarGamer Dec 25 #7

So what? Chatbots have a very high error rate. You don't know if any of that's true unless you check highplainsdem Dec 25 #9

the whole IP theft thing... WarGamer Dec 25 #12

Human and AI learning are quite different. And btw, that's IP theft, not AI theft. And the AI companies know highplainsdem Dec 25 #17

Isn't the VAST majority of LLM taught on public source data? WarGamer Dec 25 #18

Look up the difference between public and public domain. What isn't in the public domain is highplainsdem Dec 25 #21

For one thing, when considering a claim for copyright violation, snot Dec 25 #22

google can't, but wikipedia can, and better WhiskeyGrinder Dec 25 #13

I agree with the phrase canetoad Dec 25 #15

there we agree... 100%. It's a propagandists dream. WarGamer Dec 25 #16

No, it's not. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 25 #11

Except the size and scope of what it can take in is greater EdmondDantes_ Dec 25 #14

Consider that "dog food" usonian Dec 25 #8

I personally have found AI to be a very useful tool anciano Dec 25 #19

Absolutely. In the last few weeks I had to dispute a medical bill ... rog Dec 25 #23

Excellent! anciano Dec 25 #24

Same here -- they're fine if you're aware of its limitations fujiyamasan Dec 25 #27

Just waiting for the bubble to rapidly disinflate. nt BootinUp Dec 25 #25

Looking forward to it. highplainsdem Dec 25 #28

I too have had an incredibly positive experience using AI. AI can find me information far quicker than Google. Doodley Dec 25 #26