@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world although in that case a better word (than stupid) Is ironic. Still though it is amusing. Here’s a fun word (and then I better bugger off before something bad happens): logomachy (pl. logomachies). An argument about or over words. A lot more tucked in my head as well of course. And yes I am afraid that I am very guilty of being in many logomachies!(On the other hand it can be fun!)

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world Some examples are comical. Many of us have thought of the ridiculous ‘inflammable’ and others like that. Yes lexicographers have to update according to how the words are being used. But sometimes they note it’s non standard. They should have at least done that. Btw an example of a long list that popped into my head decades ago: the word long is short than short. Wide and narrow. There are countless others. Language is hilarious. And stupid.

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world another thing that is only related to ‘useless’: the fact that literally became a contronym. As a logophile who has spent hours (even as a kid) in the dictionary this type of thing gets to me very badly. When a word has its opposite meaning it makes it useless. It’s annoying that I have to reword things to avoid it. Yet on occasion it’s really the best word.

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world and of course governments the world over also have this tendency to arm or finance or sponsor groups that eventually become their enemies. Repeatedly. There comes a point (we long ago reached) when there’s no excuse than daftness (at best). Humans do not learn. Humans do not think beyond the moment. Some do of course but many do not. So everyone suffers.

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world well yeah that’s a concern indeed. But here’s the thing. It might already be. And all these stupid shows using ‘it’ - it makes it even worse. Yes some of it can be picked up on. But still there are very big problems already. Unfortunately humans seem to invariably choose the worst possible options and often that is the easiest option. But humans have always been their own destroyers as well. History shows this. To those who pay attention.

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world for all its faults I think that last one is one of the most tragic. So many people now see something and first think: okay but that looks too good to be true and since we have ‘this’ it must not be!It’s good to not believe everything you see (people have faked things for eternity) but it is now a lot harder to actually determine things. To me that’s a huge problem and a huge tragedy. #ai #llm

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world it’s more baffling when LLM manages to make so many mistakes. CGI has worked well for decades. But now that ‘AI’ is in the common language people seem to be using it for everything. And unfortunately it’s also making people suspect even more what they see including some really lovely things that are real.

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world it amazes me how many programmes on tv (and other things too) now claim that they are using AI. But as far as tv: what is wrong with CGI? This is just mad. There’s no need to use LLM (which frankly is what they mean). I don’t understand it. It’s pointless and unnecessary. Why use something else when there is something specifically designed for what you need? Assuming they actually don’t use CGI of course.

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world no but it doesn’t surprise me in the least. It’s much like the first example I mentioned. Different yes but similar in concept. And it’s creepy and bonkers. On the other hand ‘artificial intelligence-powered smart city technology’ makes me laugh. And also it scares me. The wording is ridiculous but the fact that people are aiming for this - that’s the problem. Oh well. Not that we can do anything about it.

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world But confirmation bias and so many other fallacies are beyond their understanding. FAR FAR beyond.

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world basically it’s at best a pseudo science and anyone claiming otherwise doesn’t know much about psychology and they sure as hell don’t know anything about mental illness and most likely couldn’t even tell you the criteria of a single mental disorder (in anyway locale). Just like supposed lie detectors. Even if it was accurate sometimes that doesn’t mean it’s valid ‘science’.

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world regardless the idea that technology can accurately detect these types of things has been shown historically to be complete rubbish yet people still go for it. You are right though. Of course they don’t care! Anything for money or other gains (whatever that means to them). Still it’s creepy to try and have technology that analyses someone’s face to decide if they are happy or something else. It’s also completely stupid.