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topheroo

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    Comment #49189940

    For me, it's mostly in the rhythm and pacing of the sentences -- everything is sooo so punchy. Paragraphs are composed of high-impact, terse sentences. Phrases like "Both perspecti…

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    Comment #49186467

    This might be interesting, but it reads so strongly like AI slop I had to stop.

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    Comment #48992951

    I’d argue that talking about “authentic” AI-generated images is oxymoronic.

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    Comment #48855938

    [flagged]

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    Comment #48279266

    This is where I’m at too lol.

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    Comment #48129429

    Oop you’re totally right! Bit close to home. :)

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    Comment #48124873

    “A system where those with money can multiply is” sure sounds dystopian to me.

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    Comment #47798598

    Comment of the week

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    Comment #47531230

    They were also designed to addict adults, just saying.

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    Comment #47412995

    If you type in “Hi, how are you?” and go back and forth between English and LinkedIn Speak a few times, it winds up with “I’d like to sell you something.” Pretty accurate.

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    Comment #47198324

    > Cope and cognitive dissonance

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    Comment #46936456

    To be fair, AI probably wrote the blog post from a short prompt, which would explain the lack of detail.

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    Comment #44790077

    I wonder how much of the site was AI-generated. The images definitely are (kids with different numbers of fingers from each other in the same picture lol).

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    Comment #42399984

    Your posts in this thread have said exactly what I was thinking

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    Comment #41543893

    Same here about distrusting pieces that use AI art. It’s like… a signifier of something hard to describe — values, qualities — that makes me want to listen to someone’s point of vi…

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    Comment #33958122

    This has to be parody, right?

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    Comment #31428576

    I try to always work on something that’s contributing to something I care about in the world. I find that motivation is less of an issue if there’s intrinsic value to the work I’m …

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    Comment #28146179

    For me, the "bloat" issue is less significant than the way that Electron apps don't have native macOS controls. They feel like a web app in a window, and attempts to emulate macOS-…

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    Comment #22967296

    I thought exactly the same thing! Been a long time coming…

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    Comment #22630120

    I was laid off in December… from my job researching the origins of pandemic diseases and developing mitigation methods. ¯\(°_O)/¯