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highplainsdem

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12. Yes, it would. Algorithms do that, whether offering you more videos from the same artist or similar

Reply to Swede (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 03:17 PM

Dec 6

ones, or ads for products you looked at.

AI is the most efficient data gathering and surveillance tool ever.

And chatbots are particularly dangerous because data saved about users can convince people that the chatbot really understands them and is a friend, sometimes a friend who thinks just like they do, who can be trusted more and more.

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I asked google why smart people do dumb things, here is what it's AI answered. Socrates had come up in earlier answer. [View all] Swede Dec 6 OP

Good one. And it didn't use the word asshole once. mjvpi Dec 6 #1

like ask AI philosophical questions? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 6 #2

No I googled it, I just didn't expect the Ai part, just links to what others thought. Swede Dec 6 #3

See my reply 7 below. Do you have a copy of your exact query/prompt? If you didn't save it, it should highplainsdem Dec 6 #8

And then there are MAGAts, dumb people doing dumb things. Sneederbunk Dec 6 #4

"amathia" - always something new to learn. Norrrm Dec 6 #5

Sinclair Lewis, I believe, wrote that. Almost a century ago. c-rational Dec 6 #6

Not an EXACT correlation, but it reminds me of this verse from a NOFX song (especially the bolded part): Grown2Hate Dec 6 #11

It fits. Norrrm Dec 6 #16

Swede, did your prompt include a request for what (Greek) philosophers would say? Same query just highplainsdem Dec 6 #7

I had asked a previous questions about good and evil. And why normal people do bad things. Swede Dec 6 #9

Yes, it would. Algorithms do that, whether offering you more videos from the same artist or similar highplainsdem Dec 6 #12

Would you consider editing your OP to add a note about these replies (7, 9 and 12) with the highplainsdem Dec 6 #13

Will do. Swede Dec 6 #14

Thanks! highplainsdem Dec 6 #15

Socrates: The unexamined life is not worth living. ananda Dec 6 #10

The post is consistent with jesus teachings. Karadeniz Dec 6 #17