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reACTIONary

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Sat Aug 2, 2025, 05:01 PM Aug 2

A.I. Is Shedding Enlightenment Values

In my own interactions with ChatGPT, it has often responded, with patently insincere flattery: “That’s a great question.” It has never responded: “That’s the wrong question.” It has never challenged my moral convictions or asked me to justify myself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/opinion/artificial-intelligence-enlightenment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE8.JRHl.kuGZ3_UiS_y1&smid=url-share

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A.I. Is Shedding Enlightenment Values (Original Post) reACTIONary Aug 2 OP
Yes they have canned answers all the time. bucolic_frolic Aug 2 #1
And it's costing jobs. IMO the whole LLM thing is really plagiarism to the extreme. brush Aug 2 #2
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