MyMindIsLikeAnOcean

I mean…I’m sure it came from something I said to it…all LLMs are good for is being agreeable and reflecting what you want back to you…provided what you ask for is simple.

There’s a lot of a disagreement to be had here…but AI is a topic where we all pretty much seem to agree.

I’ve experimented with AI (so-called chatbots) and the best that can be said about it is it’s a tool…not even a good tool…for starting a project when you’re stuck. It’s absolutely unreliable for anything approaching a final project. I guess…it’s really great if you enjoy being pissed off that it can both mine valid obscure information, while at the same time lie to your face over and over…but then do a 180 on something that’s true or a lie just because you tell it to.

The only value I got out of AI was it made me laugh out loud once…genuinely. I realized it had created this entire fake universe when it was supposed to be researching something real…and like a crazy person I was scolding it…when it was apologing it told me “I’m sorry…I understand that I’m a bit like a toaster that was advertised as a chef…but really all I do is try to burn your house down”. I thought it was hilarious and appropriate.

Right? I know more shit than some people on some topics…and less shit than other people on other topics.

Expertise might be what they were going for…but they can’t say that because AI can’t have expertise on anything.

“Intelligence” is such a dumb word.

Urm. Not sure what you mean. Isn’t that’s the only thing it should do?

That’s horrible. We have a couple provinces that do that.

The city near where I live was hit bad by outsourcing…it was a manufacturing town back in the 80s. A few years back they brought in a giant Casino with promises of making it a tourist destination. Predictably, nobody wants to come to a town that’s an armpit…so most of the gamblers are locals.

I’m not even Australian…Canadian. I just like chiming in because somebody down there is at least trying to do things…even if it’s usually shitty things.

Up here in my province in the last decade the flood gates opened on gambling…booze…everything. The government basically says “fuck you if we raise you to be an addict…give us your money until you die so rich people can pay less taxes”.

Now I know!

Nods. The ban is only going to protect kids that have parents who want them protected/have the technical expertise to do it.

Meanwhile all the fee range kids out there…which, let’s be honest, is most of them…are just going to find a bunch seedy apps and workarounds…and guess who else is going to be lurking in these spaces.

ETA I’m really bad at hot taking, editing, and not saying I edited.

I can’t believe it didn’t occur to me that what should actually be done is regulation of the algorithms.

It’s incredible that social media companies can basically give free crack to people and not have to disclose the recipe…at bare minimum behind closed doors to an ombudsman.

Welp…I work with kids and I previously supported the ban….but I’ve done a 180.

Yeah…you’re going to save a couple kids…but you’re also going to prevent many more kids from accessing community or services, and that going to be bet bad.

I’m not funny but…

…something about “my wife and my boss seeing if I can multitask”…

Won’t ever click on a Twitter link.

Things like Hexagons and the golden spiral occurring in nature are interesting - but very well-travelled.

You’re just talking past me and not engaging with what I’m saying. All I’m saying is the reality of life for some families is that a kid shouldn’t be put at risk because their single mom (for example) is too busy or doesn’t want to die on the hill of not letting their kid talk to their friends on Discord or whatever.

Taking her kid away isn’t going to help the kid…or anyone…you’re just going to create more problems.

You didn’t answer any of my questions.

The very children who are at risk are the ones with the type of families I listed, and other at risk types. If you leave it up to the parents, you’re essentially giving up on kids with “bad” parents.

I’ll ask a different way: if you’re a child and you have parents who don’t understand the issue, or are too busy and/or stressed out to monitor the issue, or if you have friends who provide you with access…do you deserve to be out at risk/fall through the cracks?

If you actually want to solve problems…you work together as a society…you raise children as a village. If you want all the problems associated with social media use and other issues you “leave it to the parents”, which is basically giving up.

Should they?

Does that include single parents? Overworked parents? Parents who don’t understand/use the internet? Do you believe that all children follow their parents’ rules when they step out of the door of their houses?

Make an actual argument for young children having social media access.

It’s a blunt tool, sure…because it’s not intended to target people with the resources and wherewithal to organize a lawsuit against the government.

Problem is that the vast vast vast majority of kids under 16 see literally no upside from social media.