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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.

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    nerpulus@mastodon.online
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    #25

    @AlSweigart I once found an article on the front page of a printed newspaper that began "scroll down for an interactive map"

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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.

      mthie@fedi.mthie.comM This user is from outside of this forum
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      mthie@fedi.mthie.com
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      #26

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

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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.

        fedithom@social.saarlandF This user is from outside of this forum
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        fedithom@social.saarland
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        #27

        @AlSweigart That seems oddly par for the course.

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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.

          gildilinie@beige.partyG This user is from outside of this forum
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          gildilinie@beige.party
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          #28

          @AlSweigart that's right

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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.

            miss_rodent@girlcock.clubM This user is from outside of this forum
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            miss_rodent@girlcock.club
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            #29

            @AlSweigart ... And somehow, a lot of the software industry is convinced they're special and different and will actually read it and understand it and not miss 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.

              ninestonesclose@mastodon.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
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              ninestonesclose@mastodon.social
              wrote last edited by
              #30

              @AlSweigart refund required as well as name and shame.

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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
                wrote last edited by
                #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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                  kaesekuchen@social.anoxinon.de
                  wrote last edited by
                  #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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                    nini@oldbytes.space
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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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                      harib_murshidi@mastodon.social
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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 🇵🇰 🇮🇳

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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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                        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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                          notthatkindofdoctor@mastodon.social
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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.social
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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.

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                                hypostase@bsd.network
                                wrote last edited by
                                #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.

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                                  csalem@mastodon.social
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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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                                    meaningfulbits@mastodon.social
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #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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                                      autonomousapps@mstdn.social
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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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                                        rotopenguin@mastodon.social
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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.

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                                          bms48@mastodon.social
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #44

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

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