I think AI usage is over the top. I now see it as artificial “intelligence “ as there is so much misinformation leading to incompetence. I don’t want to be a doomsayer, but our society as we once knew it is swirling down the drain into a cesspool of ignorance. Whatever happened to using our brains? This use of AI instant gratification is backfiring.
As I see it most people, especially in the instances cited, are treating AI like a boosted Google when ideally it’s to be used as a very nice, expensive tool. What trump does with it and those staffers are doing are running up big bills for token usage and taking everything AI spits out as gospel. It’s stupid and it’s dangerous in untrained hands. That’s not to say it isn’t dangerous in trained hands either. As with guns, it can be used for good or ill but people still have to be smart enough to know what they don’t know about AI.
Regarding the jury scam, no legitimate law enforcement will ever call you about missed jury duty. Only scammers call. A good practice is to never answer the phone unless the name is in your contacts. Let all other calls go to voicemail. Talk to your friends and family about this.
I wasn't about to read any of the articles you shared this week. I'm usually able to, but this week a page came up in each instance when I tried to read article asking me to log in or subscribe.
“In 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration proposed creating stronger cybersecurity guidelines to better safeguard the nation’s water supply from hackers.
The steps were modest, but necessary, officials said at the time: Many municipalities lacked even basic protections, and the computers that monitor and adjust water quality, including chemical-treatment levels, were easy-to-find targets for a would-be intruder.
The E.P.A. rescinded the order, however, after Republican-led states and industry groups sued to block its enforcement. They argued that the E.P.A. lacked authority for the move and that smaller, underfunded utilities would struggle to adopt the new standards.”
How could any fool know that rescinding such an order would open up a huge can of very ugly worms for the public to have to deal with? Will people ever figure out that regulations aren’t always bad things but that unfettered greed is?
I think AI usage is over the top. I now see it as artificial “intelligence “ as there is so much misinformation leading to incompetence. I don’t want to be a doomsayer, but our society as we once knew it is swirling down the drain into a cesspool of ignorance. Whatever happened to using our brains? This use of AI instant gratification is backfiring.
As I see it most people, especially in the instances cited, are treating AI like a boosted Google when ideally it’s to be used as a very nice, expensive tool. What trump does with it and those staffers are doing are running up big bills for token usage and taking everything AI spits out as gospel. It’s stupid and it’s dangerous in untrained hands. That’s not to say it isn’t dangerous in trained hands either. As with guns, it can be used for good or ill but people still have to be smart enough to know what they don’t know about AI.
your description of "instant gratification" is perfect. Laziness fits under that.
Regarding the jury scam, no legitimate law enforcement will ever call you about missed jury duty. Only scammers call. A good practice is to never answer the phone unless the name is in your contacts. Let all other calls go to voicemail. Talk to your friends and family about this.
My phone is set up exactly that way. If a name isn’t in my contacts, that call gets blocked. It won’t even ring thru.
I wasn't about to read any of the articles you shared this week. I'm usually able to, but this week a page came up in each instance when I tried to read article asking me to log in or subscribe.
“In 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration proposed creating stronger cybersecurity guidelines to better safeguard the nation’s water supply from hackers.
The steps were modest, but necessary, officials said at the time: Many municipalities lacked even basic protections, and the computers that monitor and adjust water quality, including chemical-treatment levels, were easy-to-find targets for a would-be intruder.
The E.P.A. rescinded the order, however, after Republican-led states and industry groups sued to block its enforcement. They argued that the E.P.A. lacked authority for the move and that smaller, underfunded utilities would struggle to adopt the new standards.”
How could any fool know that rescinding such an order would open up a huge can of very ugly worms for the public to have to deal with? Will people ever figure out that regulations aren’t always bad things but that unfettered greed is?