• limer@lemmy.ml
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        23 hours ago

        I’ve known at least one who has; of course it was for different purposes, outcomes and all that.

        But it’s very possible, and realistic.

        Which is what makes the joke funny

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPM
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      I’ve seen many screenshots of people genuinely doing that. It’s disturbing.

      “My BF and I are arguing, help me win.”

      “Tell me how to respond to this girl I’m interested in.”

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        “Tell me how to respond to this girl I’m interested in.”

        This might actually be a win. It will accidentally train them to be polite and courteous.

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          It depends on the usage.

          If the user is reading the response and then thinking about it and adapting the suggestions to their own style of speaking, maybe they’ll learn something over time. Studies have shown that students who use LLMs as a tutor do improve their understanding of material.

          If they’re copy/pasting like most of the world, then there’s evidence to suggest that they’ll actually get worse at the thing they’re offloading to the LLM.

      • GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world
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        This is still better than what my mother would do when her and her second husband were arguing. She would call me or one of my brothers to try to get us to take her side in the argument.

        We would have much preferred her taking it to AI than trying to drag us into her disagreements.

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        You know tgere’s people that upload complete, unedited customer data with a prompt “write personalized emails for these customer to sell x”

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      5 hours ago

      Me in the 90s: computers are great, I wish everyone has access to them and know how to use them.

      Me today: hey genie, can I get one more wish to undo my last one.

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        The real problem is that only the first part of the wish got granted: everyone has computers, but they don’t know how they work and thus can’t use them responsibly.