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highplainsdem

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27. The danger of AI is that it removes any need for critical thinking and

Reply to hunter (Reply #26)

Sun Jan 29, 2023, 12:43 PM

Jan 2023

creativity, for all too many people who'll find it tempting.

And you know, the judgment that something is crap has often been followed by the thought, "I can do better than this!" Or at least, more cynically, "I can do at least as well as this, so if this artist can sell their work, so can I!"

But if the crap is generated by AI and people are paying for it and applauding it, and AI can produce it in minutes, that human reaction and aspiration will be much less likely to happen.

And that will be tragic, for individuals and society as a whole.

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I hate ChatGPT [View all] highplainsdem Jan 2023 OP

Agreed GusBob Jan 2023 #1

+1 chowder66 Jan 2023 #2

I agree. Though there will be "detecting" software soon, it will turn into a never ending race to hlthe2b Jan 2023 #3

Yes. One risk I saw pointed out recently is that Chat GPT could be used highplainsdem Jan 2023 #5

I've seen snowybirdie Jan 2023 #4

We're likely to see (if we haven't already seen) OPs and maybe replies highplainsdem Jan 2023 #7

Awaiting equally angry rants against Cliff Notes, Wikipedia..... brooklynite Jan 2023 #6

I've been using PCs since the mid-1980s and first got online and moderated highplainsdem Jan 2023 #8

Except GusBob Jan 2023 #9

We're gonna have to learn to live with it, somehow. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #10

Having worked for many years ymetca Jan 2023 #11

the DU poem.... IcyPeas Jan 2023 #12

It's not looking good for you 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #13

You're a DUer who's been here since August 2005. highplainsdem Jan 2023 #14

Right 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #18

So you thought it would be cute to feed my post into ChatGPT for its response? highplainsdem Jan 2023 #19

Spock GusBob Jan 2023 #20

It's not going away ismnotwasm Jan 2023 #15

Stable Diffusion/ Midjourney are doing the same exact thing to commercial artists! LostOne4Ever Jan 2023 #16

DALL-E is the one I've been reading about...and yes, it rips off artists and doesn't give highplainsdem Jan 2023 #17

There is a lawsuit on the AI art front LostOne4Ever Jan 2023 #21

Good! I agree with what they're doing. See this Lounge thread and my replies there, especially highplainsdem Jan 2023 #22

I completely agree LostOne4Ever Jan 2023 #23

I understand. AI-generated "art" - fake art - threatens artists of all ages, highplainsdem Jan 2023 #24

+1 dalton99a Jan 2023 #25

I regard a shocking number of real people as simple automatons... hunter Jan 2023 #26

The danger of AI is that it removes any need for critical thinking and highplainsdem Jan 2023 #27

My parents are artists who always had day jobs until my dad retired with a pension. hunter Jan 2023 #33

I'd like to see an even handedly empaneled ethics round table on AI. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2023 #28

AMEN. ancianita Jan 2023 #30

Let's strive to flush every last crappy job down the toilet. hunter Jan 2023 #34

I hate ANY AI that "hallucinates." ancianita Jan 2023 #29

How would you feel about true AI then? Polybius Jan 2023 #31

ChatGPT is way overhyped, like Full Self-Driving (FSD) gulliver Jan 2023 #32