The potential effect of Artificial Intelligence on civilisation - a serious discussion

As someone who just started a new job, I think it would be awesome if my employer had its own "small language model" that I could ask questions of rather than having to ask my supervisor. That would mean less need to train new workers, lower requirements for education and experience, and faster hiring.
 
exclaimedleech8 said:
As someone who just started a new job, I think it would be awesome if my employer had its own "small language model" that I could ask questions of rather than having to ask my supervisor. That would mean less need to train new workers, lower requirements for education and experience, and faster hiring.
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My manager, who's an AI enthusiast, talks about something like that. He'd like to get an LLM that only looks at the documents on the intranet to make researching uncommon tasks easy.
 
I wonder what will happen to fertility rates if robot nannies can handle all the unpleasant parts of raising kids
 
Hmm ...

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How does one report AI content being presented as work of a deceased actual photographer?
Post URL is,
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"Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse in Chicago, Illinois, 1942 - by Jack Delano (1914 - 1997), Ukrainian/American
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References to the reality of the photographer:

https://railphoto-art.org/exhibits/delano/

https://guides.loc.gov/puerto-rico-plantation-life/jack-irene-delano

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jack-delano-papers-9300

One of my 'favorite' parts of the image is the couple of locomotives which have smoke/steam having origin points other than stack or safety valves, such as the sand dome here.
And then there are strange and wonky rails all over the place.
And then there is ... and then ... and then ...

AI fraud attributed to Jack Delano crop.jpg

AI fraud attributed to Jack Delano crop 2.jpg

Seriously, if you are going to fraudulently present something via AI imagery, at least pay enough attention to refrain from presenting it with BAD AI.
 
Well, while I'm dissing the use of AI images ...
Why does it have spikes atop engine cowls behind propellors; why are the propellor blades wavy; and how did the vertical stabilizer get bent and twisted if the thing is way up there on the pole?

DC-6 Las Vegas, July 1957 crop.jpg

Source:

https://elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/douglas-dc-6-flew-all-the-way-to-the-bank/

The pole-flyer Western Airlines DC-6 at the busy parking lot of the Riviera (Las Vegas), July 1957. The airline had a ticket office there from 1955-61.

Two-tone Buick, Dodge and Plymouth cars. There was still some class at that “fertile plain” it was Las Vegas.
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southwestforests said:
Hmm ...




References to the reality of the photographer:

https://railphoto-art.org/exhibits/delano/

https://guides.loc.gov/puerto-rico-plantation-life/jack-irene-delano

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jack-delano-papers-9300

One of my 'favorite' parts of the image is the couple of locomotives which have smoke/steam having origin points other than stack or safety valves, such as the sand dome here.
And then there are strange and wonky rails all over the place.
And then there is ... and then ... and then ...

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Seriously, if you are going to fraudulently present something via AI imagery, at least pay enough attention to refrain from presenting it with BAD AI.
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Behold the awesome results of mindless intelligence :)...
 
Companies have used psychologists to do the same thing for years. Gotta make sure we keep hitting that lever for the next social media food pellet so they can sell ads and user information.
 
I'm finding that exploring topics using hypotheticals makes Google AI think I'm writing a romance novel or I'm a vapid influencer.

I recently learned that the wire wheels used in the highest level early 60s sports-racing cars like Ford GT40s and Ferrari P2s were made the Italian company Route Boranni and had light aluminium rims while the racing wire wheels made by UK firm Dunlop had heavy steel rims. Due to the UK import duties of the era importing Borannis added a significant amount to the price, so I ask if someone who owned a Jaguar or Aston Martin in the early 60s could drive to Europe via the cross-channel ferry, buy and fit the Borannis there much cheaper and drive the car back to the UK.

The AI goes off on this rant about how someone in an expensive suit wearing a Rolex Oyster watch (which were also cheaper on the continent than the UK due to import duties) could cruise the Italian Riviera in the fancy car staying in nice hotels and eating at fine restaurants.

Mate, I'm interested in the lightweight racing wheels and how much they cost, not writing 50 Shades of Grey!

I suspect this attempt by the AI guide to 'assist' me is because the AI (or the people who programme it) is so used to people using it to write novels, stories and the like that it assumes everyone not searching for distinct facts is doing this. This does not bode well for creative writers or even Arts students writing 'compare and contrast' essays and the like.
 

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