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31. A guy from my office showed me what one of those programs could do

Sat Oct 11, 2025, 08:47 AM

Oct 11

He fed some of his own writing into a program, asked it to write a speech of such and such a length about the subject, first being serious, then injecting light humor, then with some irony. Each time, it came out different, incorporating his instructions perfectly.

I had to admit it was impressive, but what if he had instead fed some of MY writing into the program, told it to write a three paragraph post praising the Trump administration, saying I had “seen the light,” and was renouncing my Democratic Party membership? THAT is where it gets dark and scary. It must be a generational thing. I am 73, he is about 40. I am used to writing everything myself—my emails, my novel, my song parodies, even my own DU posts, typos and all. He apparently uses the program all the time. I don’t have a clue how to use it, or even how to get it onto my computer. Maybe this the wave of the future. So far, it’s not MY future. If that changes, I’m sure there will be a reason for it. I just can’t imagine what that might be.

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I asked ChatGPT to rewrite "American Pie" to be more contemporary... [View all] Layzeebeaver Oct 11 OP

de rec (for posting nothing but AI slop) Celerity Oct 11 #1

actually, its not slop. I played a core part in framing and editing of this. Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #2

Non sequitur. I never it was an attempt at passing it off as human made. Celerity Oct 11 #6

That sounds human supremacist! Polybius Oct 12 #57

Your use of ChatGPT is unethical, if you're aware of the many news stories and the many posts here highplainsdem Oct 11 #7

and if I did this on my own? Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #9

Yes. Of course. It would be your own work. The difference is obvious. Just as there's an obvious highplainsdem Oct 11 #11

So... a PHD dude in 1970 has 12 understudies... Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #18

Please look up the meaning of "understudy" because you obviously don't know it. highplainsdem Oct 11 #49

Yes. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 11 #14

That is much too extreme a view. yardwork Oct 11 #25

No, it isn't. If you're using AI without being forced to do so by your job or school, and you're aware highplainsdem Oct 11 #43

Take a breath.............. Jack Valentino Oct 11 #53

Jeez. I actually DON'T use AI to write or create anything. yardwork Oct 12 #55

If you'd talked to the near-suicidal artists, writers and teachers (who see their students being dumbed down) highplainsdem Oct 12 #56

How was Celerity disingenuous? obamanut2012 Oct 11 #32

That was interesting. 2naSalit Oct 11 #3

Write it yourself. Don't use an unethical tool trained on stolen intellectual property. highplainsdem Oct 11 #8

And write it in longhand with a quill pen and homemade ink. yardwork Oct 11 #27

Stop being so silly. No one suggested that. I love tech that actually helps, and I had an HP laser printer highplainsdem Oct 11 #44

One of my concerns... 2naSalit Oct 11 #35

You don't want it stealing YOUR stuff, but you're fine with it being trained on all the writing by other people highplainsdem Oct 11 #45

Whoa there... 2naSalit Oct 11 #50

I don't use AI, but I've been doing this for years (just for fun). Latest example: DFW Oct 11 #4

pretty cool... Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #5

That's GREAT! Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading and humming-along. QueerDuck Oct 11 #10

AI is the machine gun in WW1 part 3 Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #12

There's nothing creative about shooting a gun. Tommy Carcetti Oct 11 #33

Exactly. And there's nothing creative about having genAI do something for you. highplainsdem Oct 11 #47

The people who'll be hurt by AI tools that dumb them down are not the ones refusing to participate highplainsdem Oct 11 #46

Boring and vague. Not a fan of the original, but at least the wordplay and references in it mean something. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 11 #13

A fair opinion Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #15

"wrecks the environment"????? Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #16

Damage to the envirinment is just one of a number of harms from genAI and the data centers being highplainsdem Oct 11 #17

This is a deep subject Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #20

There's no way to use genAI built on theft ethically. That's like saying you'll use slave labor ethically. highplainsdem Oct 11 #22

did you actually read what I wrote? Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #23

Yes. Which is why you got that response. You wrote: highplainsdem Oct 11 #41

A guy from my office showed me what one of those programs could do DFW Oct 11 #31

We can try to prevent worse from happening, or we can let it happen by saying "we've already come so far, why not WhiskeyGrinder Oct 11 #19

I'm not fighting for anything here... Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #21

Fighting for open-mindedness? About something that reduces creativity, reduces brain activity, plagiarizes art WhiskeyGrinder Oct 11 #24

What? Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #28

. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 11 #34

Thank you for catching this and calling it out. ms liberty Oct 11 #36

user name checks out eShirl Oct 11 #26

Quite a poignant poem WestMichRad Oct 11 #29

yea... unfortunate Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #30

Weird Al Yankovich never had to use AI. ms liberty Oct 11 #37

same applies to spell check... Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #39

An inspiration by itself isn't music, or a book, or a painting. Just having an idea does not entitle you highplainsdem Oct 11 #48

I'm not pretending Layzeebeaver Oct 12 #58

Ethics is not a separate topic. It's inherent when this tech exists only because of stolen IP. The fact highplainsdem Oct 12 #59

What exactly is "American Pie" anyhow? nt Disaffected Oct 11 #38

No replies - maybe it doesn't mean anything? Disaffected Oct 12 #62

"American Pie" was a silly jingle GenThePerservering Oct 11 #40

Way too much Democratic whining over this worthy portrayal of current events. (nt) Paladin Oct 11 #42

A Prius? How American. n/t flvegan Oct 11 #51

Exactly! Layzeebeaver Oct 11 #52

That is excellent! Thanks! Owl Oct 11 #54

considering the environmental and ethical issues involving this kind of slop Blue_Adept Oct 12 #60

"AI is a Ponzi scheme designed to harvest large investments....a way to destroy IP for the individual and vest it to the highplainsdem Oct 12 #61