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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Yes, but I don’t go blindfolded and I don’t have double standards. AI is the pinnacle of the system not a problem (get as much as you can from others without give something).
since when is "i will not contribute to worsening the system i am forced to be a part of" a double standard? people need to eat. they do not need chatbots.
They don’t need a lot. They don’t need 3000cc cars, 2 closet of unused clothes, new iphone/android every year, etc etc. But guess what.
what?
The gimmicks I decribed are in the same category with the AI usage.
Its double standard when your friend buys a new iphone every year, and you say nothing to him, but when they use AI you start the debate. Its based on stealing others countries minerals / work, and its bad for the planet.
ah, so you're making assumptions. i see.
No assumptions. This is how the modern society works. USA is 4% of the world's population and consumes around 25%. And it is just a country.
you're making assumptions about people not saying anything, based on the (observed) behaviour of 4% of the population, and then, believing yourself to be the only one to either a) call people out and living as you're learning, or b) not caring even a bit, take an assumed moral high ground which given a) is amazingly narrow-minded, or given b) is downright disturbing.
people do what they can, and they should be commended when they change for the better. a tool notably does what it's designed to do, and should be criticised if that thing is bad.