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submitted 3 months ago by sculd@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

Honestly not sure what to say except INSANITY!!!!

Three months later, the man showed up at his local emergency room. His neighbor, he said, was trying to poison him. Though extremely thirsty, the man was paranoid about accepting the water that the hospital offered him, telling doctors that he had begun distilling his own water at home and that he was on an extremely restrictive vegetarian diet. He did not mention the sodium bromide or the ChatGPT discussions.

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[-] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 17 points 3 months ago

Nah bro the AI is totally trustworthy. Just trust me bro all the rich people are saying its reliable the US president is even saying it's the greatest thing ever bro what you don't trust the government now? You said 'trust the experts' bro i'm trusting the experts and they say eat the bromide trust me bromide!

[-] sculd@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

I hope they all started listening to AI for their life choice. Will be interesting

[-] megopie@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

“No, you see, we promise all this tech is real and awesome. It’s totally another hyper growth market that will drive economic development! Ignore the fact we’re slipping in to recession despite this being a “booming” market.”

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 7 points 3 months ago

Good news: advances in medicine have reduced "physical" natural selection so much, that "intellectual" natural selection is overtaking it.

Now, if only all countries could say the same.

[-] sculd@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

I used to think education help people make right choice. I am rethinking that position now.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Education is supposed to teach "how to learn to learn".

Left to his own devices, then, without knowing quite what to ask or how to interpret the responses, the man in this case study "did his own research"

The whole thing with "do your own research", is kind of funny:

  • some use it to avoid explaining their points
  • others use it to come up with a lot of nonsense
  • while the proper way to begin any "research", is to... ask an expert.

Nobody has ended up in a psych hold, just by reading a bunch of Wikipedia articles, asking ChatGPT... then consulting a doctor.

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2025
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