craigb Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Or, at least, filled with a lot of idiots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheens Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 In conference calls but will defenitely check this later.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joad Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I imagine Lennon would have gotten a good laugh out of that, just before he started protesting the war☮️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Even more proof! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 My father used to raise tropical fish as a hobby. He'd then sell them to a pet store. When there are too many fish in any tank, no matter how docile the breed is, they start fighting each other and biting off chunks of their fins. Fish tank, Earth, simply has too many human-fish in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 5 hours ago, Notes_Norton said: My father used to raise tropical fish as a hobby. He'd then sell them to a pet store. When there are too many fish in any tank, no matter how docile the breed is, they start fighting each other and biting off chunks of their fins. Fish tank, Earth, simply has too many human-fish in it. With all due respect, that's not the actual issue Bob! If you put 100 red ants into a jar then add 100 black ants and shake the jar, the red ants will think the black ants are enemies and vice versa, when the real enemy is the one who shook the jar. There's about a 1% group of inferior beings (that's hard to call human) that are purposely causing division, war and poor health because they believe they rule the world and we're just "useless eaters" (their words). They want only 500 million of us and, if we don't start acknowledging what we all have in common and not what makes us different soon, they will get their wish! Earth can easily hold a lot more people than we have now peacefully with all their needs met. There's a lot more to this, but it just gets weirder and I've probably doomed the thread now already! 🙄 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I didn't do the math, but I read that if the world's population was condensed to the population density of New York City, they could all live in a space the size of Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 18 hours ago, craigb said: There's a lot more to this, but it just gets weirder and I've probably doomed the thread now already! You could be right, but I think the population may have room to exist, but not enough resources like fresh water, and that seeds violence. And yes, there is more to it than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheens Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Don't worry, Joe + other great doomers at the forum. IBTL / IBTB Edited January 30 by Sheens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jesse g Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 On 1/29/2024 at 11:15 AM, Notes_Norton said: My father used to raise tropical fish as a hobby. He'd then sell them to a pet store. When there are too many fish in any tank, no matter how docile the breed is, they start fighting each other and biting off chunks of their fins. Fish tank, Earth, simply has too many human-fish in it. I know what you mean, I see human fish all of the time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheens Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 just for giggles.. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse g Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 That was cuuttttttteeeeee LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) Like a lot of people these days, I am aware that AI can potentially replace people like myself at work, but sometimes, I wonder how AI will deal with the unfathomable stupidity of a lot of the user questions I answer on a daily basis. How does Artificial Intelligence cope with Genuine Stupidity? There are many cases where you really need to think creatively and do some extraordinary mental gymnastic in order to be able to even read and then understand what it is that those poor souls are trying to express. I'm not talking about typos here, but crippling inability to express oneself in written form (accompanied by an equally severe inability to think or understand simple questions). In other words, you need to be able to think like a complete moron. I have seen some desperate cases where I thought of asking a user to wait a little while I went downstairs in the garage, banged my head on the concrete floor a few times, and sniffed some paint thinner - just to try and level the playing in field a little. I bet you AI can't do that, eh? Who's the intelligent one now? Maybe stupidity is our last best hope. And it seems to be infinitely renewable, so, there's that. Rejoice in thy dumbness I say, rejoice, for the kingdom is at hand. Edited February 3 by Rain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, Rain said: I wonder how AI will deal with the unfathomable stupidity of a lot of the user questions I answer on a daily basis. How does Artificial Intelligence cope with Genuine Stupidity? In my recent experience that works both ways. Try asking a "customer service" person a very simple question that isn't on their list of pre-approved questions and it's very much going to be a long haul experience...... Some days I could convince myself that they deliberately employ imbeciles so that people won't bother calling any more and then they can blame the "unfortunate" (but very much profit increasing) closure of the staffed "helplines" on the fact that "nobody uses them". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 You're absolutely right. I tend to forget because I've not had to deal with that in a while now, but indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 At least, with AI, we won't get the "We're sorry, due to unusually high call volumes . . ." No more waiting for 22 minutes because you're 7th in the queue. Instead of waiting 22 minutes, your query will get the confusingly incorrect answer almost immediately. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 9 hours ago, Rain said: Like a lot of people these days, I am aware that AI can potentially replace people like myself at work, but sometimes, I wonder how AI will deal with the unfathomable stupidity of a lot of the user questions I answer on a daily basis. How does Artificial Intelligence cope with Genuine Stupidity? We may need to invent Artificial, Synthetic Stupidity, or A.S.S., for short. Notes ♫ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 12 hours ago, Rain said: Like a lot of people these days, I am aware that AI can potentially replace people like myself at work, but sometimes, I wonder how AI will deal with the unfathomable stupidity of a lot of the user questions I answer on a daily basis. How does Artificial Intelligence cope with Genuine Stupidity? There are many cases where you really need to think creatively and do some extraordinary mental gymnastic in order to be able to even read and then understand what it is that those poor souls are trying to express. I'm not talking about typos here, but crippling inability to express oneself in written form (accompanied by an equally severe inability to think or understand simple questions). In other words, you need to be able to think like a complete moron. I have seen some desperate cases where I thought of asking a user to wait a little while I went downstairs in the garage, banged my head on the concrete floor a few times, and sniffed some paint thinner - just to try and level the playing in field a little. I bet you AI can't do that, eh? Who's the intelligent one now? Maybe stupidity is our last best hope. And it seems to be infinitely renewable, so, there's that. Rejoice in thy dumbness I say, rejoice, for the kingdom is at hand. I see you've been spending a lot of time upstairs.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 27 minutes ago, Byron Dickens said: I see you've been spending a lot of time upstairs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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