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Starbeach

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1. Asymmetric

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:09 AM

Mar 10

Altman decides to hand out intellectual heroin to the next generation. Good luck kids!

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'I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff': professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI [View all] highplainsdem Mar 10 OP

Asymmetric Starbeach Mar 10 #1

It's possible he's done more harm to education than any other person in history. highplainsdem Mar 10 #2

With social media and AI, tech broligarchs misanthrope Mar 10 #3

I agree, and it's a tragic situation. Unfortunately accelerated by people using AI when they aren't highplainsdem Mar 10 #5

Tangential but related misanthrope Mar 10 #9

Very helpful video. Thanks again! highplainsdem Mar 10 #10

+1. Altman wants to be the next Elon Musk dalton99a Mar 10 #4

Thanks! highplainsdem Mar 10 #7

Re what you added there about Sam Altman - yes, he's a lot like Elon Musk. He wants more and more highplainsdem Mar 10 #11

Psychopathy and sociopathy aid success in the corporate and political realms misanthrope Mar 10 #21

Writing a thesis is hard work Mz Pip Mar 10 #6

You'd accomplished a lot, and learned a lot. highplainsdem Mar 10 #8

It is sooooooo awful r�is�n_dubh Mar 10 #12

I'm so sorry. It's understandable that good teachers don't want to deal with what AI has done to highplainsdem Mar 10 #14

AI can help save us from natural intelligences (humans) powered by the Internet. gulliver Mar 10 #13

Generative AI isn't "extremely destructive to BS." It's often called a bullshit machine. It isn't highplainsdem Mar 10 #15

Not perfect, but a massive improvement over "humans plus Google" gulliver Mar 10 #16

Generative AI is NOT the real deal. It will always hallucinate, and it will never get us to true highplainsdem Mar 10 #17

It's useful as a tool, so far gulliver Mar 10 #18

It's an unethical tool, because it was trained illegally on stolen intellectual property. It's a tool that highplainsdem Mar 10 #20

We agree on the negative aspects almost entirely gulliver Mar 10 #22

I wish I could believe that Musk really wants abundance for all, but IIRC there's little or no evidence highplainsdem Mar 10 #28

The same idiots who used google searches to reinforce and promote their idiocies... hunter Mar 10 #19

True gulliver Mar 10 #23

Imagine a golden future where students use AI to write papers... hunter Mar 10 #24

We already have a present, far from golden, where some students and teachers do that. And our highplainsdem Mar 10 #29

When used appropriately and responsibly.... anciano Mar 10 #25

Other people's uncredited information, ideas and creativity. Do you even note the use of genAI in your product ... marble falls Mar 10 #27

I've used genAI enough to know what's created with it is a result of the stolen IP used to train it. highplainsdem Mar 10 #31

And I'll help. May I grease the skids? marble falls Mar 10 #26

Very happy to have your help. A lot of people share our opinion of AI. There was a poll done recently highplainsdem Mar 10 #30

Fuck AI. Fuck it to hell. Initech Mar 10 #32

We have good reason to hate and oppose the tech lords who released generative AI tools and highplainsdem Mar 11 #33