• binux@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    When is being mislead not a bad thing? In a perfect world, there would be none of that. Of course we don’t live in a utopia, but I’d prefer if we avoid spreading skewed understandings of anything at all as much as possible. It’s a matter of principle.

    • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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      11 hours ago

      Nobody does this when people say their computer is “thinking” when it’s running slow, I just don’t see the necessity of pointing this out every time the topic is brought up.

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        11 hours ago

        Ideally people who say that aren’t misled into believing their computer is thinking in the same way that a human is

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          8 hours ago

          Nobody thinks they are the same, some wonder if it can be made to do equivalent things. Nobody needs to hear that what they are doing isn’t thought for the same reason nobody needs to hear that my computer isn’t actually thinking when it’s running slow.

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            7 hours ago

            I don’t think this is true. People are out here having straight up AI psychosis. Do you really think there aren’t fools who believe their computer is actually thinking like a human?