Have you noticed that many people's problem solving capacity is being eroded

[unwieldy]

By what I call chatGPT brain rot. It blows my mind that they also expect to find the answer to problems that it cannot possibly know the answer to. So they trigger this system into replying useless statements and then take this as the truth. Truly we could be headed to societal collapse.

[unwieldy]

Even this thead is a decent example https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=700770.0

This guy asks a question that the system could not possibly answer because of an almost infinite amount of unkown variables. Yet he gets an answer that is presented as truth and he runs with it as if it were divine revelation. In reality it is just trash.

[Royalty]

Ron ban this lonely INCEL 😂

[unwieldy]

Ron ban this lonely INCEL 😂

Yes, please get rid of Royalty

[Kwon]

Ron ban this lonely INCEL 😂

Wonder whose gimmick "unwieldy" is...

[joswift]

I was in the dentist the other day and a guy had to pay £27.45, he gave her £30 and she had to use her phone to work out his change...

all the card transactions are taking away peoples ability to add up and subtract

Try it next time you go for fuel, put £42.67 in the tank and give them £60 cash

[ProudVirgin69]

By what I call chatGPT brain rot. It blows my mind that they also expect to find the answer to problems that it cannot possibly know the answer to. So they trigger this system into replying useless statements and then take this as the truth. Truly we could be headed to societal collapse.

I agree.  I can’t think of a better way to soften your brain than to rely on an LLM to do your thinking for you.

[joswift]

If sat navs all crashed tomorrow people would be fucked getting anywhere

[ProudVirgin69]

If sat navs all crashed tomorrow people would be fucked getting anywhere

Good point, we’d all be parked trying to figure out how to fold the road map back together

[Never1AShow]

By what I call chatGPT brain rot. It blows my mind that they also expect to find the answer to problems that it cannot possibly know the answer to. So they trigger this system into replying useless statements and then take this as the truth. Truly we could be headed to societal collapse.

I have not noticed this specifically, only heard anecdotes.  Please give me a specific example where you noticed this in real life

[Never1AShow]

If sat navs all crashed tomorrow people would be fucked getting anywhere

I've heard there is a thing called transitive memory, which means you only remember what you need if you can easily go somewhere and look it up.  I can't remember what i did last week or two weeks ago without looking at my calendar or amils, but part of it is that I don't activate whatever that thing is in the brain telling me i might have to remember this.

It would all pretty much come back in a couple of months if things went tits up.  Covid is a good example, once people got "back to work" things mostly normalized again

[joswift]

I've heard there is a thing called transitive memory, which means you only remember what you need if you can easily go somewhere and look it up.  I can't remember what i did last week or two weeks ago without looking at my calendar or amils, but part of it is that I don't activate whatever that thing is in the brain telling me i might have to remember this.

It would all pretty much come back in a couple of months if things went tits up.  Covid is a good example, once people got "back to work" things mostly normalized again

there are still people on three day weeks FFS

Not to mention in another 8-10 years there will be a generation of 2-4 year olds that didnt get socialised with other kids during covid roaming around as teens

A gang of sociopaths

[NaturalWonder83]

Even this thead is a decent example https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=700770.0

This guy asks a question that the system could not possibly answer because of an almost infinite amount of unkown variables. Yet he gets an answer that is presented as truth and he runs with it as if it were divine revelation. In reality it is just trash.

What is your issue? No, I haven't noticed any such problem. The problem is you and only you. And stop worrying about DJ and his threads and questions.  He's fine and asks good questions/posts good topics. Worry about yourself.

[sync pulse]

I was in the dentist the other day and a guy had to pay £27.45, he gave her £30 and she had to use her phone to work out his change...

all the card transactions are taking away peoples ability to add up and subtract

Try it next time you go for fuel, put £42.67 in the tank and give them £60 cash

I have noticed this here in US...The price in store was $14.25.
Gave him a twenty dollar bill and a quarter...Gave back the quarter and $5.75.