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JUST DON’T USE IT AT ALL
make yourself navigate life the way you did before chatgpt. i’m sure this likely covers it: turn off ai on any apps/sites, manually use a dictionary and thesaurus, learn research skills, use databases or relevant websites to find other info, manually look up general writing tips or even take a writing course, look at professional development sites for tips on writing better emails/resumes/etc, ask a friend or mentor questions or help proofreading, read more books, do crossword puzzles, go to a library and ask a librarian for guidebooks/research assistance/etc. remind yourself that AI over time makes you less intelligent because you no longer have to use critical thinking skills and stop learning new things. it is easy to avoid and i imagine you’ll actually get better at whatever you’re using it for once you practice, making it even easier. i don’t use AI to write essays/ emails or edit or look things up for me, and many others don’t as well, so i promise it’s more than doable!! plus it’s so bad for the environment and human rights so if the above isn’t compelling enough, you can guilt yourself into not using it?
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@marxinista
Jul 14, 2025
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@gemfound
Living the same way life was before AI is honestly the best possible option, also it’s a lot more gratifying anyway lol. My main frustration is that the only reason why we feel forced to use it is because major companies keep pushing for its use in every context possible just so they can make more money?? Which imo is massively fucked and a scam lol
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@flashgame
every time i try to use ai i don’t really know what to do with it. ai can be more convenient for search sometimes i guess but i think the only real world application for LLMs outside of coding is cheating on homework.
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@marxinista
@FLASHGAME yeah and if you’re using ai to cheat in school they you are wasting your time/money you initially invested in higher education… especially when most/all colleges have free tutoring, writing resources plus professor office hours!
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use site blockers and stay away from AI as much as you can :)
I feel weird that this is an unpopular opinion. It's so hard to find things that don't come integrated with AI. But you fully can do it, it's only a question of willpower! We had a life before generative AI and it wasn't so bad. Even if it seems inconvenient to do an extra web search just to get your answer, do it! My problem with swearing off AI was writing emails and letters professionally in the right tone but I promise there are so many templates available online so you don't have to depend on AI to do your work.
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@clarkkent
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AI = Alienation increaser
nah, i wouldn't use it like that, and i'd strongly recommend that no one does. there have been various pieces written about AI inducing what is essentially religious/spiritual psychosis in people, some of which have even lead to divorce. but, even aside from that, replacing human interaction, companionship or therapy, with a hyper-advanced predictive text chat bot will do nothing but further alienate people, especially under capitalism. i think using it to talk to someone that's deceased isn't quite as bad as the latter, but is still very bad. understanding and coping with mortality is something that humans have been doing the entire time we've existed, and a key part of the way we process death involves not being able to talk to the deceased person anymore. aside from completely removing that aspect of the experience of losing a loved one, what are the ethical implications of this, and how would one even feasibly "get their loved one into the LLM?" would you have to upload their all of their diaries to some cloud based AI service? would you have to painstakingly write their biography into the prompt field yourself? i think a lot of people are using "AI" (i hate that its even called that) for things that it should never have been used for. use it as a tool to summarize your emails and make lists, not as a therapist or girlfriend.
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@forest
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I HATE A.I. ANYTHING AND IDC
nothing will ever change my mind ever. chatgpt is gen z and gen alpha‘s equivalent of boomers refusal to recycle and ignorance of the environmental destruction that factories have caused. it’s making all of you dumb, stupid, and lazy sheep. if you can’t write an email or to-do list without a robot……….. all hope is lost for humanity. truly genuinely sincerely do not care even a little bit who gets offended by this… somany more thoughts i could go for hours. there is no circumstance where i think a.i. use is NECESSARY enough to actually use it ever
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