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khamelean t1_jaeb8yf wrote

Reply to Popularization of Optimism by Electron_genius

The root cause is not the “algorithm”. People focusing on the negative news has been the norm for thousands of years. There is no easy fix, the best you can do is educate people that the news that is presented to them is a curated selection of the worst shit happening in the world, it is not representative of the average persons experience.

Narcissism, by its nature, is very loud and attention hungry.

Generosity, by its nature, is quiet and humble.

If you are only a passive participant in the media you consume, guess which you are going to see more of??

Take an active role in the media you consume and not only will you get better quality content, you will have a much better understanding of the world we live in.

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khamelean t1_ja3oakp wrote

Reply to So what should we do? by googoobah

By definition, the singularity is a point that you can’t see beyond. Trying to guess what the job market will look like past the singularity is an exercise in futility.

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khamelean t1_ja1th5j wrote

Reply to AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century. But perhaps there’s a silver lining. by SpinCharm

Your assertion of loss of creativity and originality based entirely on anecdotal evidence is unconvincing. Once you account for the self selecting nature of your sample data and your own frequency bias, it pretty much falls flat on its face.

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khamelean t1_j9nuuqj wrote

Reply to Question for any AI enthusiasts about an obvious (?) solution to a difficult LLM problem in society by LettucePrime

It’s kind of like trying to detect if a student used a calculator on a math test.

The key point to take away is that it’s no longer useful to teach students how to do complex calculations in their head. What’s far more important are the fundamental concepts. Do they understand the formulas and when to apply them, do they understand how to use the tools available to them to achieve a goal.

The end goal has never been to write an essay, it’s just to convey information. Far more important than the essay itself is information being conveyed. What idea is the student trying to communicate.

It will take academia a while to adjust though. For many years teachers stuck with the mantra of “you won’t always have a calculator on you”. I’m sure some will cry “you won’t always have access to an LLM generative text engine”, but we all know that’s simply not true.

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khamelean t1_j9bvu44 wrote

Reply to comment by OmThepla in I BROKE THE ORIGINAL CHATGPT! (not the Bing one!) by OmThepla

No, it’s not playing itself in the future. You described a hypothetical descendant. A completely fictional character.

It’s just a language model, it’s just using a probability function to pick the next word based on its training data. It’s literally just spouting opinions it read online.

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khamelean t1_j99w9oe wrote

Reply to AI - Artificial Intelligence by FreshAirCoolWater

The “AI” that we have now is not in anyway intelligent. It’s just the marketing team throwing around buzzwords to make their product sound fancy.

It’s literally just a helper tool.

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khamelean t1_j78v1nw wrote

Reply to comment by hellfae in A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga

More violence??? Are you a crazy person? Youth violence is at an all time low, and has been going down consistently for several decades.

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khamelean t1_j6kwy4k wrote

Reply to comment by sunflower_jim in The internet has become essentially 5 giants sites all sharing screen shots of each other and not much else. by DominosFan4Life69

But the reason “libraries are basically pointless these days” is because most of what is available at the library is also available on the internet.

For your point to hold, you would have to say that libraries were basically pointless 60 years ago.

Not to mention that the “repository of knowledge” thing is only one other part of the internet.

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