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highplainsdem

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37. Not exactly.

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 09:31 PM

Dec 7

Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies
https://futurism.com/ai-hype-automation-decline

Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft’s Embrace of AI Slop
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/windows-users-refusing-upgrade-windows-11-ai

As Windows turns 40, Microsoft faces an AI backlash
https://www.theverge.com/tech/825022/microsoft-windows-40-year-anniversary-agentic-os-future

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I was thinking about this "AI" stuff . . . [View all] AverageOldGuy Dec 7 OP

Critical work was and is done slowly and carefully. usonian Dec 7 #1

Now it is on my mind MuseRider Dec 7 #2

I'm 56 and I've only seen a slide rule once or twice. Haggard Celine Dec 7 #3

False premise. NASA and the other entities involved used computers. They did not only use slide rules. Celerity Dec 7 #4

Didn't John Glenn ask the women mathmaticians of "Hiden Figures" to do manual calculations Deminpenn Dec 7 #5

Never saw that movie, but you said 'check the computer calculations' so computers were obviously used to a degree. Celerity Dec 7 #7

The computers... IcyPeas Dec 7 #15

See comment 15: the "computers" were women. TommyT139 Dec 8 #57

No, the women checked the computers' outputs. Also see comments in this thread confirming that computers were used Celerity Dec 8 #58

Jmo, but a lot of "AI" seems just to be a rebrand of things that Deminpenn Dec 7 #6

Its way more than that JCMach1 Dec 7 #10

A lot is what is called AI isn't. Ms. Toad Dec 7 #12

Then anyone could "write" such a thesis because it would require minimal knowledge and the AI highplainsdem Dec 7 #16

I've seen a couple reports that AI has already revealed some dangers... buzzycrumbhunger Dec 7 #53

. I've read a little about this, and here is what I think is going on.... reACTIONary Dec 7 #55

AI technology is the new reality anciano Dec 7 #8

You can't enhance creativity with AI, any more than you enhance creativity asking someone else to highplainsdem Dec 7 #9

I don't think this is fair. mr715 Dec 7 #14

Curious about what you mean when you say it inspires you. Do you mean you ask it for ideas? highplainsdem Dec 7 #18

It did a psychic reading mr715 Dec 7 #35

Cool 😎 .... anciano Dec 7 #40

See reply 37. highplainsdem Dec 7 #50

Okay, I'll give you an A+ for creativity just for writing a poem for a science communication workshop. highplainsdem Dec 7 #49

Yours is one of the few nuanced takes I've read about one of the major faults with AI... appmanga Dec 7 #54

Thanks, but I'm just trying to relay some of what I've heard from artists and writers and others highplainsdem Dec 8 #61

I mean... the poem was well received mr715 Dec 8 #62

GenAI is very good at mimicry. highplainsdem Dec 8 #64

Some don't need it for creativity tinrobot Dec 7 #48

We didn't do it with a slide rule DavidDvorkin Dec 7 #11

I never used a slide rule. mr715 Dec 7 #13

It isn't at all cool that AI is being widely used for cheating and students are learning less as a highplainsdem Dec 7 #19

Students also learn more... WarGamer Dec 7 #22

GenAI is never hallucination-free. I don't know where you got the idea that it is. highplainsdem Dec 7 #23

It's because history is set. WarGamer Dec 7 #25

See reply 26. highplainsdem Dec 7 #27

If you ask Grok mr715 Dec 7 #41

It wasn't that long ago that Grok was identifying him as the main source of misinformation on X, highplainsdem Dec 7 #46

Now it does funny stuff mr715 Dec 7 #47

Yes. Smarter than Einstein, and more fit than LeBron James: highplainsdem Dec 7 #51

Re hallucinations - see this article: highplainsdem Dec 7 #26

Yup I'm a Gemini Pro 3.0 power user... since day 1 and version 1. WarGamer Dec 7 #29

You just contradicted what you said minutes ago about it being hallucination-free. highplainsdem Dec 7 #31

I specifically said history topics along with other disciplines that don't change and are "set" WarGamer Dec 7 #33

The topic doesn't matter. All genAI models can hallucinate on any topic. highplainsdem Dec 7 #34

*can yes... WarGamer Dec 7 #39

Just one study: highplainsdem Dec 7 #45

And see these threads about AI and hallucinations: highplainsdem Dec 7 #28

The undergrads I teach mr715 Dec 7 #36

We need to adapt. mr715 Dec 7 #42

I'll be the first to say it: What's a slide rule? Polybius Dec 7 #17

Wikipedia is very useful: highplainsdem Dec 7 #20

Hey, never cite wikipedia! mr715 Dec 7 #43

50 years ago if I told you I could hold a piece of glass and access global knowledge... WarGamer Dec 7 #21

You don't know if it was "dead accurate" unless you took the time to check that those were the highplainsdem Dec 7 #24

I did... I back checked it. WarGamer Dec 7 #32

Cool 😎.... anciano Dec 7 #30

Not exactly. highplainsdem Dec 7 #37

I find this discussion fascinating. It seems that the algorithm has figured out people are inherently lazy learners. cayugafalls Dec 7 #38

It is a fancy autocorrect mr715 Dec 7 #44

Like it or not, if you have a job interview these days you better have an AI story/strategy underpants Dec 7 #52

In some professions use of AI is a badge of dishonor. highplainsdem Dec 8 #56

It's pretty mediocre jfz9580m Dec 8 #59

We weren't allowed to use a slide rule in school. That was cheating. Emile Dec 8 #60

Did you memorize logs? nt mr715 Dec 8 #65

We had to walk 5 miles barefoot in snow to school too. Emile Dec 8 #67

Uphill both ways. mr715 Dec 8 #68

LOL, that's right 👍. Emile Dec 8 #69

I wonder the same about calculators Torchlight Dec 8 #63

And grad students. nt mr715 Dec 8 #66