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The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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  • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

    The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

    ehproque@neopaquita.esE This user is from outside of this forum
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    #45

    @AlSweigart "but I always check it" no you don't, nobody does

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    • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

      The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

      kosure@mas.toK This user is from outside of this forum
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      #46

      @AlSweigart It drives me crazy bc you say "well, it's wrong so often," and they're like, "Oh of course, that's why I check it," and NO ONE EVER CHECKS ANYTHING.

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      • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

        The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

        talkingmoose@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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        #47

        @AlSweigart There’s no such thing as good writing. Only good editing.

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        • rotopenguin@mastodon.socialR rotopenguin@mastodon.social

          @cczona college textbook, $300. As a bonus, the AI can re-churn a new edition every single semester. Goodbye, used books!

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          neutronstar@infosec.exchange
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          #48

          @rotopenguin @cczona
          Reading this I for one think of the environmental impact of printing this same garbage every year. And on top of that we now place the environmental impact of using writing this very garbage using ai…

          And then, on top of that, some poor student probably went into debt to buy this very garbage. Then realise that the information in this book isn’t even the same as what you can find online, but probably even worse!

          I’m at a loss of words…

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          • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

            The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

            elricofmelnibone@mastodon.socialE This user is from outside of this forum
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            #49

            @AlSweigart Whoever published that should just get out of the publishing business.

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            • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

              The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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              #50

              @AlSweigart It's also the lukewarm garbage that is MS UI, that when you click the 'copy' button it includes that text.

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              • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

                ncrazed@fd00.spaceN This user is from outside of this forum
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                #51

                @AlSweigart this book is a grade-bearing requirement in "author's" university course isn't it? 😬

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                • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                  The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                  #52

                  @AlSweigart Not personally a fan of book burning, but maybe in this case...?

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                  • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                    The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                    #53

                    @AlSweigart make that "some people" or maybe "most people", because I do use AI to write blog posts, but I'll definitely never publish one without proofreading.

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                    • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                      The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                      #54

                      @AlSweigart Wait, in a fucking textbook of all things?!

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                      • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                        The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                        #55

                        @AlSweigart Gosh.

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                        • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                          The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                          #56

                          @AlSweigart Neatly encompasses how our AI industrialists think they're "solving our problems"..

                          In their small minds not having to read the output nor care about it is precisely what they offer.

                          They have no understanding of what they're doing. They're just industrialists optimising for mass production, and our social needs are in the way.

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                          • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                            The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                            #57

                            @AlSweigart wow, learning from a computer via a book!

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                            • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                              The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                              #58

                              @AlSweigart how much lazy are we going to be.

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                              • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                                The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                                #59

                                @AlSweigart
                                An AI written school textbook. So this is where we have come to. Can't say I'm surprised, though.

                                And then trees are cut down in order to make paper to print this shit on.

                                Otoh though, if the students didn't read this stuff from a book, they'd probably have AI explain it to them anyway, contributing to the negative environmental effects.

                                So, yeah, this is fucked no matter how you look at it.

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                                • N neutronstar@infosec.exchange

                                  @rotopenguin @cczona
                                  Reading this I for one think of the environmental impact of printing this same garbage every year. And on top of that we now place the environmental impact of using writing this very garbage using ai…

                                  And then, on top of that, some poor student probably went into debt to buy this very garbage. Then realise that the information in this book isn’t even the same as what you can find online, but probably even worse!

                                  I’m at a loss of words…

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                                  tribactam@social.vivaldi.net
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                                  @neutronstar @rotopenguin @cczona

                                  actually, this is the established model in the school system in Italy. Every year, every text book, a new edition. Little if any new content but certainly a new price. And this was before AI. Now it will just be turbocharged.

                                  The only thing is that there are limits set by the ministry of education but the problem remains.

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                                  • alterelefant@mastodontech.deA alterelefant@mastodontech.de

                                    @AlSweigart
                                    Text not worth writing are texts not worth reading.

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                                    tribactam@social.vivaldi.net
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                                    @alterelefant @AlSweigart
                                    exactly - "if you couldn't be bothered to write it, why should I be bothered to read it."

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                                    • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                                      The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                                      #62

                                      @AlSweigart
                                      Stop reading now. That’s not a reliable source.

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                                      • dummzeuch@mastodon.socialD dummzeuch@mastodon.social

                                        @AlSweigart make that "some people" or maybe "most people", because I do use AI to write blog posts, but I'll definitely never publish one without proofreading.

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                                        #63

                                        @dummzeuch You use "AI" to write for you ? Thank you for warning me.

                                        I've blocked you so that I never accidentally find myself reading any of what you've "written" ever again. @AlSweigart

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                                        • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                                          The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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                                          #64

                                          @AlSweigart this AI ***** has affected our value, our efforts and our intelligence ..

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