Holly Jahangiri
1 min readSep 25, 2023

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Yes, a little. Even more with people carelessly reading things, not reading past a headline, judging an article's veracity by its lack of typos, and sharing anything that plays into their confirmation bias,

I love to have "conversations" with Bard, ChatGPT, Bing... they usually degenerate into me swearing at them, but given they'll be the first to tell you they're not human, don't have emotions, and are utterly amoral (despite being programmed to scold US, now, if we mimic them - as opposed to them mimicking us) so it's all good, right? And then, when I post one of these ridiculous conversations, half the people reading think I seriously think the thing's "intelligent." <facepalm> I weep for humanity...

As a TOOL, it's no better or worse than a hammer. But people's current breathy, hyperbolic fascination with it AND their terror of it "coming after their jobs" and their shaming of anyone who finds good, creative uses (even if employing appropriate guardrails and disclaimers) are both extremes. Yeah, it's humans that worry me. Not AI.

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Holly Jahangiri
Holly Jahangiri

Written by Holly Jahangiri

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