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5. AI can be a useful tool if you're deliberate about what you're doing. Unfortunately...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 12:14 PM

Jun 10

...the only "deliberate" thing going on here is the pell-mell shoving of these inadequately-tested systems into active use to serve some grand fantasy about replacing "obsolete" government workers (and, of course, because the owners of these systems are huffing the scent of money in their pockets).

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GitHub is Leaking Trump's Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government [View all] highplainsdem Jun 10 OP

We recently saw RFK's AI-generated report filled with false information and references to nonexistent research. Lonestarblue Jun 10 #1

Nothing from genAI should be trusted until it's checked. Of course we can't trust this regime of thugs and liars anyway. highplainsdem Jun 10 #2

Crap. Harker Jun 10 #3

Exactly what this will be. highplainsdem Jun 10 #9

If I want to have my questions questioned, or to be subjected to vague, repetitive drivel posing as useful information Harker Jun 10 #12

Apparently, these thugs are not confident they can screw things up enough by themselves. louis-t Jun 10 #4

Sounds typical of AI. highplainsdem Jun 10 #10

AI can be a useful tool if you're deliberate about what you're doing. Unfortunately... JHB Jun 10 #5

It's an unnecessary tool that dumbs down and deskills users, and makes lots of mistakes that are highplainsdem Jun 10 #6

This has disaster written all over it Bayard Jun 10 #7

Yep. highplainsdem Jun 10 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Jun 10 #8