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@Em0nM4stodon One of the YouTube metalworking people I follow read out a ChatGPT explanation of a machine that he was using in his most recent video and now I’m doubting everything he’s said on his channel. How much of the information in his videos is just confabulated?

I purposely us AI pictures when I want to show youth activities in articles but do not want to distribute any faces of kids on a public platform.

Use of AI is here an extra layer of protection for our participants instead of an indication that we do not take time to write that article ourselves.

The New Year card that we distribute coming Sunday will show 20 teenagers and we decided not to use a picture where kids could be recognised and instead used AI to prevent that.

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@Em0nM4stodon Well said

@Em0nM4stodon "f you use an AI-generated image for your article/post, this indicates to me you might have also used AI-generated text. " =>

This logic is too strong for me tbh...

AI images in articles are decorations, while AI text is content.

The fact that decorations (not important) is done in one method doesn't imply that the content (very important) is done in the same method. It's completely unrelated imo.

@Em0nM4stodon My sentiments exactly. AI is largely a curse on humanity.

@Em0nM4stodon exactly. Immediate close if I spot an AI image. I've been very offput by the increase of AI slop images in technical write-ups.

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I validate your anger regarding labor and authenticity. But I have to be honest, blanket condemnations of AI feel exclusionary.

For many neurodivergent creators and individuals with disabilities, AI is an essential accommodation. It helps bridge the gap between ideas and execution.

When we say "no AI ever," we inadvertently tell disabled creators that their accommodated voices aren't welcome here.

Thank you for reading and hope you have a beautiful 2026. 🤓

@Em0nM4stodon It was always like this. 「This <mass produced item> highlights your unique personality.」

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Yes. Exactly.

@Em0nM4stodon OTOH, if you're a Macedonian teen looking for pocket money, then have at it.

@Em0nM4stodon Ages ago a colleague posted something on linked in that was AI generated and he was talking about how great it was. So I read it and pointed out a bunch of obvious mistakes and gaps. Rather than engage with that, he generated some AI bullshit response to me and posted that. I stopped engaging.

If I wanted ChatGPT’s opinion on something I can type the question myself. I do not need an educated person to set aside all their education, type into the chat bot and copy/paste its response. I could do that my damn self if that’s what I wanted. I don’t need a typing assistant.

@Em0nM4stodon I want to leave FB due to META and the rising of AI profiles. As far I can se more and more post are not from humans. So what is the point of a social media for the end user!

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Smooorh Slop-errrraaater

@Em0nM4stodon I'm sure this will make me a pariah, but hell. I just had (an LLM) diagnose a hardware issue in a laptop I've been suffering with for two years, after trying to ask around and getting ignored even on their official Discord.

I know all of the ethical issues, but I feel like I'm having a different experience than what everyone else is describing.

As someone whose experience of world is consistently being ignored when I reach out for help, what do I do? This actually worked.

@Em0nM4stodon I tend to write my text and let AI suggest improvements as that seems a good use of the tool.

@Em0nM4stodon If nobody could be bothered to write it, then I can't be bothered to read it.