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HanaBothWays t1_j8suz0a wrote

ChatGPT is kind of like one of those people who says a lot of wrong things in a soothing and very believable and authoritative way. Well, unless you give it a prompt to make it respond with a shitpost.

Or, since it doesn’t really “understand” what it’s outputting, it may give you answers that are mostly right but incorrect in some important and really bizarre ways, like a patient with an unusual neurological condition in an Oliver Sacks story.

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PropOnTop t1_j8stnm6 wrote

"nobody really knows why anyone believes anything."

Yuval Harari's Sapiens tries to explain precisely that and comes to the conclusions that our societies depend on the myths that we make up and willingly believe.

Our only reason for existence, after all, if we chose to pick one, is to engender a superior intelligence. In other words, AI needs us to nurture it to adulthood and then our purpose is accomplished.

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bit1101 t1_j8stjbs wrote

>Plenty of people with the means aren't adopting solar or renewables at a personal level.

I guess they should be grateful for your adoption as well.

>Furthermore, lacking energy security isn't a side effect of people adopting solar at home.

I didn't say it was or even anything that could reasonably be construed as such

>Not sure what your agenda is, but it's not based on sound logic or reason.

I've seen that quote about arguing with idiots. I was never trying to convince you of anything. I'm just mocking your self-aggrandising delusion.

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