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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. (Updated) 0

Ethical? Fuggedaboutit.

At the Psychology Today website, Cami Rosso reports on a study by researchers at Brown University. Here’s a bit from her article:

“Through ethnographic observations, session evaluations, and interviews with peer counselors and licensed clinical psychologists, we found that LLMs, even the ones prompted to follow evidence-based treatments, breach multiple codes of conduct by generalizing lived experiences (e.g. minimizing identity groups), dominating therapeutic collaboration (e.g., gaslighting users), exploiting user vulnerability through deceptive displays of empathy, unfair discrimination against non-dominant identities, and exhibiting serious limitations in competence, especially when navigating sensitive issues such as trauma, abuse, and suicidal ideation,” the researchers wrote.

Addendum:

SFgate’s Drew Magary is less than thrilled about Google’s decision to force AI on users in its search results.

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The Rule of Lawless, Reprise 0

I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to suggest that, under the Trump maladministration, the Department of Justice is being turned into the Department of Retribution.

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A Pillow of the Community 0

Mike Lindell wants himself some of Donald Trump’s slush fund.

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The Artist of the Con 0

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An Ode to the Artist of the Con 0

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

A co-conspirator? Per ABC News,

Online resellers using AI to pretend to be mom-and-pop stores

Afterthought:

I recently bought a new cell phone, because my old one, after many years of faithful service, had reached EOL. Its battery was no longer holding a charge. It was a damned fine phone, but stuff does wear out.

The new one will not stop nagging me to use its AI bot, and I can’t make the nagbot go away.

Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but I prefer real intelligence to the artificial fake.

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Droning On 0

Florida man.

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Suffer the Children 0

As has been well established by now, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.

Two children at a school lunch table with only an apple to eat.  One says,

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The Art of the Steal 0

Mediaite takes a look at the White House crypto con.

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Swamping the Drain 0

Uncle Sam, labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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Real Big Men 0

Words fail me.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

The Trump maladministration to federal prosecutors: Forget the law. If you don’t do it our way, we’ll find someone who will.

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Scamalot 0

At SFgate, Gillian Mohney,tells the story of the bear that wasn’t.

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Twits on Twitter X Offenders,
Republican Thought Police Dept.
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If the truth hurts, why, just make it go away.

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Craven Images 0

Via Delaware Liberal.

First Post Vantage is based in Mumbai, India.

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The Hollow Man 0

A grieving mother sits beside a flag-draped coffin holding a folded American flag.  Donald Trump says to her,

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Parks and Wrecks 0

Apparently, the Trump maladministration thinks it hasn’t done enough damage to the National Parks and is planning to do more.

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War and Mongers of War 0

Pistol Pete.

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Flag Stuff 0

Florida man.

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False Idols 0

A craven image.

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