Subj : Re: ChatGPT Writing
To   : Rob Mccart
From : jimmylogan
Date : Fri Oct 31 2025 19:24:16

-=> Rob Mccart wrote to JIMMYLOGAN <=-

 RM> There is a lot of use of AI to replace socialization and to do
 RM> correspondence and such these days.
 RM> What a person says may be less than perfect, but who is perfect?
 RM> Our differences spell out our personalities, for better or worse..

 JI>And like I said before, I use it, and I enjoy using it.
  >I don't let it do the writing for me, but I use it as a
  >proof reader and summary writer, etc.

 RM> That makes more sense, using it to check for mistakes and such.
 RM> I just think expecting it to initiate too much will distort
 RM> or replace what the original writer was intending.

Agreed! After it has read and learned a lot of my style and
ideas, though, I can give it a topic and overall idea and
it will give me a start, in my own words. 

Of course I have NEVER used it word for word - I still rewrite/
edit into my own flow, but it does speed up the process. :-)

 JI>And I think if we stop calling it AI, which is technically
  >a misnomer, it might make it less frightening... It is
  >LLM - Language Learning Module - and has absolutely no
  >sentience behind it. It's not 'intellegent,' it is just
  >programmed to respond and such in a way that is comfortable
  >to us.

 RM> But we are seeing many cases where it is doing things that
 RM> are intelligence oriented, like telling lies to make a point
 RM> or, as I mentioned, rather than admitting it can't find an answer
 RM> it will often give you back incorrect information.

 RM> Example.. I hoped it could tell me what the selling price of a
 RM> property near me was. Turned out that info wasn't yet available
 RM> online, but it came back saying it sold for full asking price
 RM> rather than admit it couldn't find it.

 RM> But there is going to be some of the people who wrote it in the
 RM> programming and perhaps those bad habits are picked up that way.

Yeah - and I wonder if it was programmed to do that instead of admitting?
So as not to give an 'I don't know' answer? Because I pay the monthly
for ChatGPT and it will tell me it doesn't know or can't find that, etc. 
Or it will make a mistake by telling me something, then I tell it no
it didn't work - and ask about something else. It will sometimes try
to give me the first answer again and I'll 'remind' it that it already
told me that. It will quickly say, "you are right."

 RM> That said, AI has it's uses obviously.  There was a news story on
 RM> here in Canada tonight where they were talking about a breakthrough
 RM> treatment for Crohn's Desease

 JI>Yep! Great example! It can do the processing of dozens or even hundreds
  >of 'humans' in a short time!

 RM> Yes, in a plain research area is where it should shine.

 RM> Some of the areas where it makes errors are amazing though.
 RM> I was looking up an amount paid monthly for something and the
 RM> search engine uses AI to come up with the initial reply, and it
 RM> somehow took the figure of something over $1000 a month and said
 RM> that would total $1700 a year..

 RM> That's math that an 8 year old could do..  B)

LOL



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