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highplainsdem

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8. It isn't at all like any other tool. It was trained illegally/unethically, it dumbs down users by discouraging
Fri May 23, 2025, 11:02 PM
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critical thinking and creativity, its output can change users' opinions with them hardly being aware of it (they've done studies on this), it gathers more and more data as you use it with that data often sold to third parties, and what it generates is simply fake. Fake thinking. Fake writing. Fake art.

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Bye Bye, Google AI [View all] Celerity Friday OP
Thank you malaise Friday #1
yw Celerity Friday #2
I have found Google AI Overview and ChatGPT anciano Friday #3
I use ChatGPT quite frequently. Disaffected Friday #4
It isn't at all like any other tool. It was trained illegally/unethically, it dumbs down users by discouraging highplainsdem Friday #8
You forgot about its resource-heavy usage misanthrope Friday #9
True. And I also forgot to mention the harm done when people use the bot as a friend, romantic highplainsdem Saturday #22
Post removed Post removed Saturday #11
No. I'm quite happy to write without getting paid for it when there's good reason to do so. I don't know highplainsdem Saturday #12
Wow, that is one lofty equine you got there. Disaffected Saturday #13
This message was self-deleted by its author fujiyamasan Saturday #15
We're not talking about way back when. ChatGPT was released only 2-12 years ago, and the theft of highplainsdem Saturday #19
I do not trust them, and if SOP here on DU becomes a bunch of AI posts, this board will not just be unreliable, but IF Celerity Friday #5
+1,000,000. DU would also lose most if not all of its regulars. highplainsdem Friday #7
Use of "AI" here will make me go away (stop conspiring in the background!). mucholderthandirt Saturday #16
Already happening RoseTrellis Saturday #21
Those AI summaries are hurting the websites those companies stole the data from. They don't always highplainsdem Friday #6
I'm genuinely curious about what or how others perceive generative AI searches to be superior... Hugin Saturday #14
Frankly its better than the rubbish search engine normal Google has become JCMach1 Saturday #10
You should be careful with extensions like that Renew Deal Saturday #17
This +1 Emile Saturday #18
This extension was written by Avram Piltch of Tom's Hardware, formerly with Toms Guide and Laptop Mag, and highplainsdem Saturday #20
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