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1. 0c3ca83 · 1790171699 · focus · HN ↗

   Yes, if the product is seen as bad for the world, it won't sell. But it's pretty bad for people, and I don't know how you'd hide that for the people being harmed.

   1. BenzeneDream · 1790171777 · focus · HN ↗

      Its not pretty bad for people.

      1. 0c3ca83 · 1790171899 · focus · HN ↗

         Go talk to an artist, a junior developer, or a musician. And then realize that the goal is to generalize the damage to every other intellectual domain.

         1. bradishungry · 1790172606 · focus · HN ↗

            Don’t forget the effect on students! It has the potential to be a great learning tool, but nothing is in place for that to happen. It more likely just kills all reinforcement learning

            1. petcat · 1790173446 · focus · HN ↗

               > kills all reinforcement learning

               I have the opposite experience. My intellectual curiosity has increased immensely since starting to use Chat GPT. I can snap a picture and instantly know what kind of bug I am looking at, whether I am looking at a Red-Tailed hawk or a Red-Shouldered hawk and how to tell the difference, what the gauges on my water tank and boiler mean, and numerous other things that I am curious about daily.

               These are things around me that I wouldn't have bothered to investigate just due to time and effort. And now I appreciate all these little curiosities more than ever.

               1. 0c3ca83 · 1790175357 · focus · HN ↗

                  So tell me about the red tailed hawk. Why is it interesting, and how will you apply that in your life?

                  According to current theories of learning, the best learning happens at the point of struggle, where you internalize that you went down a wrong path, and needed to backtrack. What part of the struggle of learning did you experience as a result of this, and how did it reshape other thought patterns?

                  1. petcat · 1790176001 · focus · HN ↗

                     I don't know what to tell you, it's just a tool man. Like a Google search or a trip to the library.

                     Why don't you tell me about your struggle to research and discover all the science and technology behind indoor plumbing so you don't have to take a shit in the yard, or in your pants?

                     1. 0c3ca83 · 1790176278 · focus · HN ↗

                        I don't think I ever pitched plumbing as a tool for learning (though, I did learn a lot by repairing it myself).

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