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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.

    nini@oldbytes.spaceN This user is from outside of this forum
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    nini@oldbytes.space
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    #31

    @AlSweigart You expect too much attention to detail from people willing to let the LLM slop out something, they've already yelled "Claude, take the wheel" and proofing what they copypasted is beyond their concern.

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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.

      kaesekuchen@social.anoxinon.deK This user is from outside of this forum
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      #32

      @AlSweigart
      Please name title and author.

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      • mthie@fedi.mthie.comM mthie@fedi.mthie.com

        @AlSweigart Now there’s only ONE rule: Don’t buy books written after 2021.

        nini@oldbytes.spaceN This user is from outside of this forum
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        #33

        @mthie @AlSweigart Which is a good principle as long as the non-fiction book you're buying isn't subject to changing anytime soon so that excludes most science books, some mathematical books and quite a lot of computing books. STEM kids are going to be fucked by this.

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        • albertcardona@mathstodon.xyzA albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz

          @AlSweigart

          This prompt ended up in a textbook? Somebody got paid for this, and perhaps even someone else got paid to edit it?

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          #34

          @albertcardona @AlSweigart This textbook is probably from #india (I am going by the names and phone numbers provided in the table)

          I have seen similar things happening in #pakistan where a top #english #newspaper the daily DAWN published something in the newspaper where the report carried the AI generated text I haven't seen something like this here in textbooks but I can expect this happening here as well !

          PS. Most school textbooks have this kind of cringy typesetting here in 🇵🇰 🇮🇳

          johan@s.cafeJ ai6yr@m.ai6yr.orgA cstamp@mastodon.socialC devnull@mamot.frD 4 Replies Last reply
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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.

            oggie@woof.groupO This user is from outside of this forum
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            oggie@woof.group
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            #35

            @AlSweigart
            This is going to get so funny when they hard pivot to explicit advertisements in these 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.

              notthatkindofdoctor@mastodon.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
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              #36

              @AlSweigart
              Does that book have a copyright? Because it shouldn't.

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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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                ophis@brain.worm.pink
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                #37
                @AlSweigart i can't imagine any of them bothering to read that

                like i don't even read what i actually writes
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                • caiocgo@mastodon.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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                  #38

                  @liquor_american @AlSweigart Yes, please... People need to be warned and avoid buying stuff like this.

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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.

                    hypostase@bsd.networkH This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #39

                    @AlSweigart
                    That was true before AI. The irritation of being asked to comment on the consultant's report that was verbatim the draft I'd asked them for input on was palpable, and embarrassing for the grammatical and spelling errors that I'd not noticed when I wrote it.

                    It was ever thus. The company only believes you when they pay someone else to tell them, and don't need to understand it, or even read what you wrote.

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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.

                      csalem@mastodon.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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                      #40

                      @AlSweigart We have successfully renamed SQL to SLOPQL.

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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.

                        meaningfulbits@mastodon.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
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                        #41

                        @AlSweigart name and shame the text 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.

                          autonomousapps@mstdn.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                          #42

                          @AlSweigart and textbooks cost like $50+

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                          • cczona@hachyderm.ioC cczona@hachyderm.io

                            @AlSweigart so no one researched it, no one wrote it, no one copyedited it, and no one reviewed it. Let me guess: $50?

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                            #43

                            @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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                            • 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.

                              bms48@mastodon.socialB This user is from outside of this forum
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                              #44

                              @AlSweigart Did they lease their LLM from Precious Roy? SUCKERS!

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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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                                  kosure@mas.to
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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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                                      @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.

                                          miwebguy@mastodon.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
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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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