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usonian

(24,166 posts)
7. He's a chatbot. Perished in PA, rebuilt and programmed.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 10:44 PM
Jun 2025

See for yourself.
The Hallucinating ChatGPT Presidency
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/the-hallucinating-chatgpt-presidency/

This is not the response of someone working from actual knowledge or policy understanding. Instead, it’s precisely how an LLM operates: taking a prompt (the question about job losses) and generating text based on some core parameters (the “system prompt” that requires deflecting blame and asserting greatness).

The hallmarks of AI generation are all here:
• Confident assertions without factual backing
• Meandering diversions that maintain loose semantic connection to the topic
• Pattern-matching to previous responses (“ripped off,” “billions of dollars”)
• Optimization for what sounds good rather than what’s true

Just as an LLM will confidently generate plausible-sounding text without any real understanding, Trump generates responses that sound like answers while avoiding any engagement with the actual substance of the questions.

He doesn’t answer the actual questions. He doesn’t address the actual points. He doesn’t understand what’s actually going on, so he crafts a rambling nonsensical answer based loosely on the question, while following the system prompt’s instructions to make sure the answer makes himself look good.


If that doesn't satisfy, try Opera. Pagliacci.

Bah! sei tu forse un uom?
Tu se' Pagliaccio!

Bah! Can't you be a man?
You are a clown.

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K&R spanone Jun 2025 #1
or a casino. Marcuse Jun 2025 #8
A hot dog stand? Grammy23 Jun 2025 #23
K&R SalviaBlue Jun 2025 #2
Not sure it is a human. mwmisses4289 Jun 2025 #3
After his accusation about Biden, it would just be typical republican projection. LT Barclay Jun 2025 #19
The question of the century. Joinfortmill Jun 2025 #4
I asked myself that evey day during his first administration... 3catwoman3 Jun 2025 #5
Those voters are the one's who like the drunk uncle at Thanksgiving. ReRe Jun 2025 #15
Ask fleaon & pootin. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #6
He's a chatbot. Perished in PA, rebuilt and programmed. usonian Jun 2025 #7
Lol! mwmisses4289 Jun 2025 #11
Here is what's ironic and maybe funny..... vapor2 Jun 2025 #9
He CAN'T, and imo he won't last long. elleng Jun 2025 #10
I know, How? wendyb-NC Jun 2025 #12
Scary thing is I don't think it'll be much better under Vance 😕 cstanleytech Jun 2025 #13
Vance doesn't have nearly as much support IronLionZion Jun 2025 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #16
i secoond that emotion AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #17
Blame the voters DavidDvorkin Jun 2025 #18
Because he's such a great president. Nobody has ever seen a president so great. C Moon Jun 2025 #20
I personally don't think Vance would be worse than DJT. MIButterfly Jun 2025 #21
We are a nation where kids get shot and killed in school JI7 Jun 2025 #22
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