Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Puts You Deep in Plato's Cave


So. World War I ended in 1918. Let's be generous and assume she was sixteen when she started her service. That would mean [does calculations] she was negative 22 years old when she joined up.

The math not only checks out, it's gone complete wharrrrgarbl.

The more than two thousand people who commented on the photo wished her a happy birthday and thanked her for her service, leading me to believe none of those people are real nor noticed the WW on her hat is typical artificial intelligence art gobbledygook.

Also, English articles, how do they work?

She's also - you won't believe this - A fan of BMW trivia.

Facebook is broken and Facebook doesn't seem to care.

This is what AI does -- it creates a facsimile, but it misses so many details even a cursory glance at it will tell the looker that it's bogus. But in our media-saturated world, no one wants to do even a cursory glance. We want the work done, and to scroll on to the next thingie. Don't do this to yourself as you write, or create, or do anything that AI could "do" for you easier and faster. Because AI is going to miss the details, and those of us who are awake are going to notice the screwed-up details and call you out.

Will we see the screw-ups every time? No, we're human.

But you're not learning if you're using AI. You're in the cave, not wanting to see reality for yourself, satisfied only with reflections and imitations and facsimiles.

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