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I can no longer tell the difference between an article written by an AI and an article written by a human who has spent too long reading AI output. It's not ju

by strken 6mo ago

I can no longer tell the difference between an article written by an AI and an article written by a human who has spent too long reading AI output. It's not just that AI is becoming a little better; the humans are getting worse, too. They're meeting in the mediocre middle.

palmotea 6mo ago
> It's not just that AI is becoming a little better; the humans are getting worse, too. They're meeting in the mediocre middle. IMHO, AI will exceed human capability by degrading human capability. It won't really exceed a 2020 person, but a 2030 or 2040 person will be less capable due to AI dependence.
- BurningFrog 6mo ago
  We'll get worse at the things we don't need to do anymore. That should mean that we can focus the freed up brain power at getting better at things we still need to do. Time will tell!
  - gdulli 6mo ago
    Not only did calculators not make the average person great at higher level math when they no longer had to do manual arithmetic, but it made them less capable in everyday situations when some basic mental arithmetic would still be helpful. The invention of calculators doesn't mean that people go to the trouble of pulling them out at the grocery store to keep from getting ripped off.
    - cozzyd 6mo ago
      And many people can't read a map...or know what's close to what
    - palmotea 6mo ago
      > Not only did calculators not make the average person great at higher level math when they no longer had to do manual arithmetic It's even worse than that: calculators can actually make higher level math more difficult (at least for me). I never developed strong manual arithmetic skills because I was a huge pro-calculator partisan in elementary school. When I got to college I really struggled with calculus, because manipulating equations requires arithmetic and that meant I had extra mental workload to operate the calculator.
hyperhello 6mo ago
To be fair, what would an interesting and valuable human observation of an AI even look like? Either you know it's a machine doing random stuff, or you think it's like some kind of superintelligent lava lamp that wants you to throw Molotov cocktails.
4ggr0 6mo ago
> a little better; the humans em-dash instead of semicolon and your comment would give off AI vibes as well :D

by strken 6mo ago

palmotea 6mo ago

> It's not just that AI is becoming a little better; the humans are getting worse, too. They're meeting in the mediocre middle. IMHO, AI will exceed human capability by degrading human capability. It won't really exceed a 2020 person, but a 2030 or 2040 person will be less capable due to AI dependence.

BurningFrog 6mo ago
We'll get worse at the things we don't need to do anymore. That should mean that we can focus the freed up brain power at getting better at things we still need to do. Time will tell!
- gdulli 6mo ago
  Not only did calculators not make the average person great at higher level math when they no longer had to do manual arithmetic, but it made them less capable in everyday situations when some basic mental arithmetic would still be helpful. The invention of calculators doesn't mean that people go to the trouble of pulling them out at the grocery store to keep from getting ripped off.
  - cozzyd 6mo ago
    And many people can't read a map...or know what's close to what
  - palmotea 6mo ago
    > Not only did calculators not make the average person great at higher level math when they no longer had to do manual arithmetic It's even worse than that: calculators can actually make higher level math more difficult (at least for me). I never developed strong manual arithmetic skills because I was a huge pro-calculator partisan in elementary school. When I got to college I really struggled with calculus, because manipulating equations requires arithmetic and that meant I had extra mental workload to operate the calculator.

hyperhello 6mo ago

To be fair, what would an interesting and valuable human observation of an AI even look like? Either you know it's a machine doing random stuff, or you think it's like some kind of superintelligent lava lamp that wants you to throw Molotov cocktails.

4ggr0 6mo ago

> a little better; the humans em-dash instead of semicolon and your comment would give off AI vibes as well :D