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patphil

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1. AI could be more correctly described as Artificial Idiocy.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 10:30 AM

Jun 2025

Last week I asked Google what the results were for the 2024 election in a certain US House race. It came back and told me the election hadn't happened yet! This was in late April of 2025!
AI is fine for simple factual stuff most of the time, but when it messes up, it really messes up.
Which leads me to question a lot of what it presents as fact.

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What Happens When People Don't Understand How AI Works [View all] Celerity Jun 2025 OP

AI could be more correctly described as Artificial Idiocy. patphil Jun 2025 #1

It actually isn't good for simple factual stuff. Ms. Toad Jun 2025 #5

Thanks, Celerity! Great article! And I was particularly happy to read in the last paragraph that only 17% highplainsdem Jun 2025 #2

LLMs are not the be-all end-all of AI. Just a plateau before the next advance. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #3

A tool when properly applied can be most effective TheProle Jun 2025 #4