Bleak thought: many techbros probably already take ChatGPT's ideas much more seriously than they take the ideas of an actual human who *isn't* another white guy.
Can confirm based on conversations with peers who really want to use AI purely for the novelty
if i work on the assumption that chatgpt was exclusively trained on the opinions of rich white dudes, it starts to make sense. It's the perfect gestalt rich white dude. Available in app form
i just ran this study at work that confirmed that theory to a degree even i found shocking, and i wrote the survey questions. www.kolide.com/blog/89-of-w...
Most companies are eager to embrace AI, but have little notion of how their employees are using it.
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same in academia, a (formerly?) by-definition creative field, it turns out! 🙃 (I mean this example isn't the WORST but it's likely students will take...the wrong impression from it)
A.I. language, Ben Glaser says, is transforming communications. His new course, “Writing Essays with AI,” explores the opportunities and challenges.
That might explain why they are so obsessed with getting it to say the n word: that would truly mean it's one-of-them
If I had one wish it would be for a techbro to smugly ask AI how it identifies in front of a large audience and for AI to reply: I am a Black woman and my pronouns are she/her.
people are full of these experiences and perspectives that get in the way of ideas, i want my ideas pure and unadulterated by brain activity
The number of people who think ChatGPT can write decent release notes based on their underdocumented JIRA tickets in my life.