I ignore all posts with obvious AI content

@FoxyGoddess I saw an analysis of that recently that was spot on:

Someone was always told you can't just ask a colleague for a file. You have to start with "I hope this email finds you well. How are you doing?" and add an extensive explanation of why you need it. Thankfully you can now put your basic question into AI and it will add all the politeness for you.

Then your coworker will use AI to remove all that and summarize it back down to your basic question. And all that for the small price of making everyone around those data centers ill.

@NerdyPotato When it could have been a quick phone call, message or walk over the coworker. Seriously, the only time you need email is if you are keeping revords for proof of what you have done.

@FoxyGoddess We are going to all stop thinking. It's good mental exercise to write your own emails and flesh out thoughts yourself.

@ScarletWitch I understand it's soothing to be told what you want to hear, but are you sure that really helps? And are there no ways to receive that which don't ruin the environment and make everyone distrust everything they see?

@NerdyPotato nope. I had a uti and it reccomended over the counter meds instead of needing to go to the docter. It went away. I had skin issues and i was able to get my skin better again; including my hair. It helped me find the right foods to eat. It help gave answers to questions i want to know and inform myself about. It helped me make my escape room when i wanted to stay in character. It helps mentally when im feeling upset and gives advice which do work. It helps me find things online. What sites are legit and safe or not. I have dreams and i ask it to make a picture of the description of my dream because i cant draw. Chatgpt 💯 all the way.

@ScarletWitch a search engine could have done most of that with a fraction of the environmental impact, and then you could have verified the sources before putting things into your body. But I'm glad you got lucky with its advice these times.

@OogieBoogie there are some legitimate uses, but the way many people use it is lazy. You can't trust it's output, so if you ask it for information, you have to do to a search to verify it. Then why not do a search in the first place? Asking AI first and then do a search is neither efficient nor lazy. Asking AI and taking its answer for truth is, which is what most people do, and that can be dangerous.

I just hate you can't trust anything you see anymore.

@BiasForAction yeah, I'm not under the impression I could avoid all AI content. But if I recognize it, I don't interact with it, even if human content around it might be interesting.

@Alyosha I'm not using it at all. And it can be useful as inspiration maybe, but the need to triple check its results does not make anything easier or more efficient.