The Ai thread

[dada_dave]

 

[Katbel]

Ann Telnaes thoughts/drawings about AI:

AI is theft

full stop

anntelnaes.substack.com

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

A study determined that older people tend to use AI more like an extension of Google while younger people are using it more like a life coach of therapist which is a slippery slope to creating an emotional bond.

As dystopian as that sounds I actually find it kind of intriguing. People already consume audio and video content where they have zero interaction with the content creator but get fulfillment out of it and the illusion of a social life. AI could also be a driver of positivity in people's lives from being more informed to feeling less alone and depressed. The inevitable result of human and AI interaction doesn't have to be sex robots and a complete disconnect from other humans.

 

[cbum]

re:

Ann Telnaes thoughts/drawings

You do know she resigned from WaPo 1/2025 after 16 years because they censored her cartoon about Bezos debasing himself for T?

Actually, she is doing an expo of her art, together with Liza Donnelly, in Morges, Switzerland as we speak - just a couple of miles from our house, and I'm stuck here in Trumpistan...

La Maison du dessin de presse frappe fort avec ces deux américaines en colère

À Morges, la Maison du dessin de presse frappe fort en exposant ces deux dessinatrices de presse qui comptent. Rencontre sans tabou.

www.24heures.ch

{translating the link text: the Presshouse is hitting hard, featuring 2 American cartoonists that matter...}

 

[Katbel]

re:

You do know she resigned from WaPo 1/2025 after 16 years because they censored her cartoon about Bezos debasing himself for T?

Actually, she is doing an expo of her art, together with Liza Donnelly, in Morges, Switzerland as we speak - just a couple of miles from our house, and I'm stuck here in Trumpistan...

La Maison du dessin de presse frappe fort avec ces deux américaines en colère

À Morges, la Maison du dessin de presse frappe fort en exposant ces deux dessinatrices de presse qui comptent. Rencontre sans tabou.

www.24heures.ch

{translating the link text: the Presshouse is hitting hard, featuring 2 American cartoonists that matter...}

Oh yes, I know well about the WaPo story : this is when I cancelled my subscription
I still follow her on Substack: she's not only amazing at what she does but she also speak volumes about the current political situation.
Too bad you are not in Switzerland .
Merci beaucoup pour le lien à l'article du journal suisse.

 

[Katbel]

A study determined that older people tend to use AI more like an extension of Google while younger people are using it more like a life coach of therapist which is a slippery slope to creating an emotional bond.

As dystopian as that sounds I actually find it kind of intriguing. People already consume audio and video content where they have zero interaction with the content creator but get fulfillment out of it and the illusion of a social life. AI could also be a driver of positivity in people's lives from being more informed to feeling less alone and depressed. The inevitable result of human and AI interaction doesn't have to be sex robots and a complete disconnect from other humans.

I answer you with this

Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds​

Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ‘digital curfew’ and nearly 70% feel worse after using social media

Can't agree more with them!

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

I answer you with this

Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds​

Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ‘digital curfew’ and nearly 70% feel worse after using social media

Can't agree more with them!

Interesting, but it doesn't exactly contradict what I posted. Plenty of people don't use AI, that they are aware of. So this would be out of people who do. Also AI isn't social media. Asking it for tips on cooking, exercise, or gardening generally isn't going to serve that up with a side dish of outrage bait. Unless you are using GROK. Apparently any question you ask it currently is answered with information about the supposed white genocide in South Africa.

 

[Eric]

AI Cheating Is So Out of Hand In America's Schools That the Blue Books Are Coming Back

Pen and paper is back, baby.

gizmodo.com

Sales of blue books this school year were up more than 30% at Texas A&M University and nearly 50% at the University of Florida. The improbable growth was even more impressive at the University of California, Berkeley. Over the past two academic years, blue-book sales at the Cal Student Store were up 80%. Demand for blue books is suddenly booming again because they help solve a problem that didn’t exist on campuses until now.

 

[Katbel]

AI Cheating Is So Out of Hand In America's Schools That the Blue Books Are Coming Back

Pen and paper is back, baby.

gizmodo.com

Sales of blue books this school year were up more than 30% at Texas A&M University and nearly 50% at the University of Florida. The improbable growth was even more impressive at the University of California, Berkeley. Over the past two academic years, blue-book sales at the Cal Student Store were up 80%. Demand for blue books is suddenly booming again because they help solve a problem that didn’t exist on campuses until now.

You would like to have your doctor or engineer to know what they are doing...