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Welcome to Only Good Internet, where — like a dragon with poor financial literacy — I take from my hoard of memes and give some to you.
Let’s talk about AI. Why not? Everyone else is. I came across a thread in r/nonpoliticaltwitter (of all places) where someone shared this tweet:
Now, I do not feel shy about saying that this is quite possibly the worst use of ChatGPT I’ve ever seen. You went to a restaurant, a place where the entire point is to pick something you want and have someone make it for you, and you outsourced it to a language learning model? Big yikes. One person pointed out that maybe it’s for people like this:
But honestly, I don’t understand that either. My tastes are different than your tastes! Anyway, that got a lot of people talking about the worst uses of ChatGPT they’ve seen in person:
Like, what is going on here?
The way I see it, there are probably a few things going on here. First, there’s social media making everybody anxious about doing things perfectly, or at least the “right way.” Realistically, you should be able to go to a paint and sip and suck at painting! You could use completely clashing colors and just throw them on haphazardly, and that’s still art. Second, there’s decision fatigue. I think this puts it well:
And if you think about it, there’s also the (correct, in theory) idea that we should trust the experts:
But the thing is, a language learning model is not an expert! At its core, it’s just predicting what the most likely next word should be. It’s like predictive text on your phone, but turned up to the max. That’s it! Anyway, this about sums it up:
I’ll get off my soapbox now. But promise me you’ll order for yourself next time you’re at a restaurant. In this economy? You better make sure you’re ordering what you want.
…That abolitionist John Brown went around killing pro-slavery settlers with a frickin’ SWORD:
Imagine being a settler in the 1850s and this man — who studied to be a Gospel minister, by the way — pops up swinging a gladiator sword. Those slavers must’ve pooped their pants.
This is so cute I might actually vomit (in a good way):
Ever seen a picture of a heart attack waiting to happen?
I always like to finish every week with something that I MUST share with you, because I can’t get it out of my head. This week, it’s all about Oorth Carolina:
That’s all for this week, see you later! And remember, if you want more like this, you can subscribe to the Only Good Internet newsletter (if you want, I mean, don’t let me tell you what to do, ya know?).
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