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[-] vala@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago

And at the end homie still has no idea which parts of the information came from real books and which was just a hallucination.

People like this don't care about the truth and just want signal shaped noise.

[-] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago

I'm stealing signal shaped noise.

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[-] _AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 3 weeks ago

Not knowing how to read isn't the flex you think it is

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I was jealous they read it in 2 hours. I'd spend 2 hours a night for a week to finish most books I enjoy reading.

Number of times I re-read the same paragraph because I got distracted worrying about bills - 7. That's usually when I have to give up reading for the night when I finish that chapter.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago

Goodnight Moon takes them a bit more time to read.

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 weeks ago

Dang. They're publicly announcing that they're proud that they don't read.

We must be in a golden age for con-artists.

Easy marks are announcing themselves to the world.

[-] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Worse, they're glorifying the loss of critical thinking and analytical skill that would've been gained from reading. They aren't just becoming perfect con marks, they're loudly, and PROUDLY crippling themselves intellectually in an effort to appear "cool" today.

They're literally wagering their own intellectual future against the hope that what effectively amounts to a drugged-up version of Clippy will, against all common sense, decency, and economic theory, become so mainstream and ubiquitous that Humanity as a whole ends up relying on them for everything.

It's complete and utter madness.

[-] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

"Give me a 3 tier summary of 1984"

"Sure! 1984 is a happy story about American glory. The main themes are having a lot of children, loving our almighty Lord, and family values. Would you like more information on which vaccines to avoid?"

[-] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

this actually terrifies me.

School isn't supposed to be "won" it's supposed to teach you shit you'll need later in life. Getting stuff wrong is part of the learning process. If all students do anymore is type LLM prompts they are fucking themselves up in the future. And they are fucking up other people's future as well.

But honestly I could be completely wrong - LLM prompt writers may become a big salary job and actually knowing anything will be passe and not necessary. I just don't want to live in that world.

Sincerely

Grumpy old fuck

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Back in my school days we just copy assignments from a web that hosted usual school assignments from different places. "ElRinconDelVago" was called.

Teachers even had "ElRicon" detection mechanisms as they have now with LLMs.

Students always find the way to be lazy and cheese their way over homework.

[-] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Is there a non-religious version of the Amish or something? That lifestyle seems more and more appealing,. This AI stuff really isn't leading anywhere good.

[-] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

The Luddite's?

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[-] adhdplantdev@lemm.ee 18 points 3 weeks ago

Does this dude still not understand that he has to read the information presented to him?

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Also who can read a book in 2 hours and actually understand it.

[-] adhdplantdev@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

Depends on the book and depends on the subject.

Some people are able to Crush sizable books in a few hours

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[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

He has to read it, but he doesn't have to interpret it. It's like the mental equivalent of those floating chairs from Wall-E

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[-] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 weeks ago

Imagine believing using scuffed AI output for your work is a flex.

[-] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 weeks ago

Who the fuck is reading a whole book in 2 hours??? Is this normal? Am I dumb? I feel very threatened

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Who the fuck drinks coffee for 58 minutes?

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 3 weeks ago

I have a double-walled cafetiere and a double-walled mug that combine to make a very pleasant slow coffee experience

[-] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

Till that “cafetière” is another word for French Press.

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[-] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

If I forget about it, it can take all day to finish a cup.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I drink my two cups from the time it finishes brewing until lunch

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[-] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

I can read a whole coloring book in 4 hours.

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[-] breecher@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago

Then proceeds to think the AI hallucinations they've been spoonfed are facts.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You: Wastes 34 minutes of OpenAI's server time and 58 minutes of everyone's time because you don't already know something because you never acrually learned it

Me: Learned the thing properly so I don't have to spend any time doing that

We are not the same

(This is so much worse if they aren't just technical books...)

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Perfectly good approach if you know the subject well enough to know that the information you think you need is really what you need.

But if you were using a book in that scenario you wouldn't open it to page 1 and spend 2 hours reading it. You would glance through the index or TOC to find the relevant section (or flip right to it because you're familiar with the book), then skim to what you need and read just that. You could also do this with an entirely unfamiliar book if you know the subject matter. I used to write my papers like that all the time. Either way, this approach could easily take less time than crafting a good prompt and tweaking it for a second or third run to make it work.

Since the AI search is being compared with reading an entire book, it seems reasonable to assume OP is talking about a different scenario where they don't know the subject well enough to use a simple search engine to simply look up a piece of information. They want to avoid learning the subject by having the AI teach them only the part they're guessing is relevant. This scenario is asking for AI hallucinations, omission of subtle but important details through oversummarizing, and general inaccuracy that OP will be oblivious to since they don't know the subject. OP might as well suggest browsing through memes.

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 12 points 3 weeks ago

"You study diligently, while I cheat and learn nothing" You're goddamned right we're not the same, and I hope I never slip to the level of quality this guy does. Chuds believing what this guy believes is job security for me.

[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago

The 58 minutes of coffee is necessary in preparation of the all-nighter that will follow once he realize that some of the information is hallucinated and he now needs to manually look at all the sources and check them

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

He's not going to realize anything ever again, these are the people who are outsourcing their thoughts to a chatbot.

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

Okay, but what about the last 60 minutes? Is this not a side by side comparison?

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

The AI told them that 2 minutes + 58 minutes > 2 hours, and apparently they believed it (perhaps bc 60 really is a higher number than 2?🤪).

MANAGEMENT MATERIAL, PROMOTE THIS PERSON IMMEDIATELY!!!

[-] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Failing upwards: the true mark of genius.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Argues that the book summary is the book.

Bottom text.

[-] dipcart@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

The idea of spending two minutes to think of "precisely the information I need" is so funny. Like... Yeah dude. If I needed to know an exact piece of information, I could probably just search for it in the regular way. Reading a book, especially a nonfiction book, teaches you a lot about the subject and allows you to back up your answer and understand the context. Having an AI tell AI to compile information that an AI will then turn into a summary is fucking useless. Just search for it on the internet if you know the exact information you need. Not to mention that if there are that many layers of AI, it would be very difficult to separate the hallucinations from the 'good' information presented. But yeah homie you're an expert

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

especially a nonfiction book

I'd argue this is at least as relevant for fiction books. Most books that are considered "good" or "masterpieces" haven't earned that from the story but from how it is told, from the language used, the writing style, how a greater picture is painted. Any German student who had to go through the pains of reading a Thomas Mann novel will know what I am talking about, that dude could have written a 150 page book with 90 sentences. Of course you can read an analysis of symbolism and style characteristics used and the plot summary, but it isn't the same as reading the novel, as the story will not grasp you in the same way. It's not about the content, it's about its presentation. (In the case of Thomas Mann the pain is a vital part of the presentation.)

[-] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

The emperor's clothes are beautiful.

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

I agree. Lovely suit. Particularly the pants.

[-] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Books are where it's at!

[-] tyler@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago

This dude is comparing needing a search engine to reading a book. Smh.

[-] Asetru@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

If only they were using search engines. Instead, they're using algorithms that learned in which order humans like to see alphabetic characters in response to some input alphabetic characters.

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

It is interesting how people think that they know exactly what they're going to write before they even start. Of course, most professional writers will tell you otherwise. You have to put the words on paper to see how they fit and to see if you're happy with them.

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

"Well structured query" is what got me.

If I read up on a subject for two hours, chances are I am going to learn things that have nothing to do with the original problem.

[-] utopiah@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yes because you didn't take 2 min to think of precisely the information you need, you see! /s

This is so dumb. Of course the purpose of learning is to go beyond what you know, including what you do not know that you do not know. It's not even serendipitous, it's just learning.

Rage bait AI shill gets tiring.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

trying way too hard to sound smart

[-] ZMoney@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

For those of us new to whatever this is, I'm legitimately curious about what a "3-level summary" is.

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[-] hakase@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

And the math skills of a kindergartener.

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[-] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago
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