Maybe this is a signal the author themselves needs to get better at adopting AI...
I'm Tired of Talking to AI
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Re: I'm Tired of Talking to AI
#752My buddy has 10+ years directly supporting customers. He supported millions of MRR. they hired a new "MBA" boss over him. The boss' first demand was to run everything through chatgpt before talking to customers, then report to the boss. Then boss ran the reports through chatgpt before sending the reports to the customer.
BEFORE: my buddy : customer -- 1 day turnaround
AFTER: my buddy : chatGPT : MBA guy: Chat GPT: Customer -- 1 week turnaround
Efficiency!
Re: I'm Tired of Talking to AI
#753Maybe this is a signal the author themselves needs to get better at adopting AI...
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#754>But even when I talk to people, they forward my questions to AI and send me the AI’s answer. This is the killer issue. It's so profoundly saddenning, it feels like watching an adult being asked a question and calling mom to answer for them. There is something deeply disturbing in it that makes me feel I'm not talking to a self sufficient entity.
The more machines there are to replace men, the more men there will be in society who are nothing but machines. - Louis de Bonald
Written in 1802, before the Jacquard loom. I wonder what machines he had in mind? "Modern administrations, busy trying to provoke the invention of machines that can multiply human labor and make it easier," apparently.
I guess this sort of thing: https://www.panmurehouse.org/media/0j0ljqdl/pin-factory.jpg (that is an approximate illustration of Adam Smith's pin factory.)
He goes on to advocate for large families full of peasants doing manual labor, praises the ministers of the church and state, and says that painters and bankers are unnecessary. https://archive.org/details/lgislationprim00bona/page/372/mo...
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#755One of the most amazing things happened during the day long power cut in 2025 in Spain and Portugal... eventually the cell towers went down and everyone just went to the parks and socialised. Connected with friends, strangers. Everyone was so in the moment because there was nowhere else to be, nothing else to distract them. People would pick up their phone and realise there was nothing there for them and put it back…
So what is stopping you from going to talk to your neighbor right now?
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#756>But even when I talk to people, they forward my questions to AI and send me the AI’s answer. This is the killer issue. It's so profoundly saddenning, it feels like watching an adult being asked a question and calling mom to answer for them. There is something deeply disturbing in it that makes me feel I'm not talking to a self sufficient entity.
It doesn't feel so different to me than the early days of google, when google worked pretty well - people often would say things like "do you want me to google that for you?" the implication being you were wasting their time by asking them a question they could find the answer to themselves. The major difference now though, is when you get sent a chatGPT response, the implicit question often is now "Can you check thi…
Re >> Can you check this is correct for me?
That's the part that really gets to me. It's one thing to say Hey friend, you could have quickly gotten the right answer yourself. It's another thing to say Hey buddy, you asked me a question which I COULD answer, but instead of giving you the CORRECT answer, I'm going to give you AN answer, and let you figure out if it's correct <-- with the unspoken expectation that if it is the wrong answer and I run with it because you gave it to me, it's still my fault.
Re: I'm Tired of Talking to AI
#757A bit off topic, but I am currently travelling through Europe by train. It is such a boon to just be outside everyday and meet locals and fellow travellers. Highly recommend.
It can also be exhausting. Extended travel makes me very tired. And I generally like talking to people.
The word "travel" comes from "travail", or "to toil, work strenuously, or suffer".
But I'd still rather be travelling and seeing the world than being nervous about my job being cut due to AI.
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#758Re: I'm Tired of Talking to AI
#759One of the most amazing things happened during the day long power cut in 2025 in Spain and Portugal... eventually the cell towers went down and everyone just went to the parks and socialised. Connected with friends, strangers. Everyone was so in the moment because there was nowhere else to be, nothing else to distract them. People would pick up their phone and realise there was nothing there for them and put it back…
So what is stopping you from going to talk to your neighbor right now?
The phones
Re: I'm Tired of Talking to AI
#760>But even when I talk to people, they forward my questions to AI and send me the AI’s answer. This is the killer issue. It's so profoundly saddenning, it feels like watching an adult being asked a question and calling mom to answer for them. There is something deeply disturbing in it that makes me feel I'm not talking to a self sufficient entity.
Well, I used to Google, and read what real people wrote on the subject, and then answer from what I've found.
Remember when "Google" used to be a synonym for "search"?