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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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All their responses are generated, no conscience there, just AI. "Another brick in the wall" hits stronger than ever now.

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[–] SteveGoob@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds like, for the purposes of this post, you and many other people would not be in the "People who use AI" category:

All their responses are generated, no conscience there, just AI.

I have coworkers who are effectively meat proxies. I think the term NPC applies well to how interacting with these folks feels, since it does feel like I'm not talking to a real human, but a computer trying to appear human.

Is OPs net too wide? Probably, yeah. But the sentiment is real, the frustration is real, and contextualizing those interactions as with NPCs resonates.

Have your fun with using AI, but there's no need to yum our yuck.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Oh I'm right there with you (and op) in your annoyance with meat proxies. I just don't want to be lumped in with them. The amount of times I deal with someone telling me "chat gpt said I need xyz thing" and I have to explain that what they're asking for is impractical/impossible/expensive/doesn't exist. And then they get mad at me about it! Fuckers.