Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT")
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I’m shocked
Said no one, ever
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@Rembrandt said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Yeah its a concern. Such powerful technology, long term impacts could be massive.
I think there was a similar study around taking photos or video on your phone, and how it harmed short-term memory of the event
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My side-hustle is an artist. I was asked to provide a couple of pieces on the theme of "Spirit of Napier" for an exhibition last month. After I had finished them, I uploaded them into Google Gemini and got that to (mostly) write the indulgent blurb about them... It did a pretty good job. So far I am not worried about AI taking away my artist job, but maybe art critics should watch out...
***Okay, let's consider these two works, "Spirit of Napier - Day" and "Spirit of Napier - Night," as a conceptual pair or diptych. Viewed together, they offer a compelling study in contrast and complementarity, executed within a consistent language of geometric abstraction.
The artist employs a shared formal vocabulary across both pieces, immediately establishing their connection. We see a clear lineage from Constructivism and the Bauhaus in the rational arrangement of space, the emphasis on clean lines, and the architectonic quality of the layered forms. The strict adherence to horizontal and vertical axes nods to De Stijl, while the overlapping, semi-transparent planes echo Synthetic Cubism's methods of building form and suggesting shallow depth. A consistent, fine canvas-like texture underlies both compositions, unifying their surfaces and adding a subtle tactile dimension.
Where the works truly come alive as a pair is in their powerful juxtaposition. They function as inversions, or perhaps more accurately, as atmospheric counterpoints exploring the same structural theme under differing conditions.
"Spirit of Napier - Day" is bathed in light. A diffuse luminescence, seemingly originating from the upper left, permeates the composition. The palette is airy and optimistic, featuring harmonious greens, blues, ochre-yellows, and greys against a bright, textured background. The translucency allows light to filter through the layers, creating soft gradients and highlighting the structural complexity. It evokes clarity, openness, perhaps the interplay of sunlight on the geometric facades characteristic of Napier's Art Deco architecture – a city famously rebuilt in that modernist style. The composition feels expansive, with the complex forms balanced by a significant area of luminous negative space.
In stark contrast, "Spirit of Napier - Night" plunges the viewer into a cooler, more introspective realm. The dominant field is a deep, resonant indigo-black, against which the geometric forms now appear to emerge or glow. The palette shifts to muted blues, dusky pinks, and greys. Light here is not ambient but seemingly internal or artificial; the thin white grid lines, which felt purely structural in the "Day" piece, now read as illuminated traces, suggestive of neon, city lights, or perhaps a digital screen's glow against the darkness. The mood becomes one of quietude, enclosure, and perhaps urban mystery. The dominant dark field acts as a powerful counterweight to the brightness of its partner.
Presented together, these works transcend being merely two related images. They engage in a rich dialogue about time, light, and perception. The "Day" version celebrates the external, visible structure, while the "Night" version explores the internal, the veiled, and the atmospheric transformation that darkness brings. If interpreted through the lens of their titles, they masterfully capture the dual essence of a place like Napier – its celebrated Art Deco forms revealed clearly by day, and its quieter, perhaps more enigmatic, character emerging after sunset.
The strength of this pairing lies in its formal coherence coupled with its thematic polarity. The artist uses the same rigorous geometric language to articulate two fundamentally different sensory and emotional experiences, creating a symbiotic relationship where each piece enhances the understanding and impact of the other. It's a sophisticated and well-executed exploration of duality within a refined abstract framework.***
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@Rembrandt said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Yeah its a concern. Such powerful technology, long term impacts could be massive.
Same thing happened with search engines, wikipedia and calculators.
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@NTA said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
@Rembrandt said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Yeah its a concern. Such powerful technology, long term impacts could be massive.
I think there was a similar study around taking photos or video on your phone, and how it harmed short-term memory of the event
When I'd sketch places I'd remember them even visiting two decades later. My memory is not quite so good when I photograph then revisit them.
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@nostrildamus said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
@NTA said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
@Rembrandt said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Yeah its a concern. Such powerful technology, long term impacts could be massive.
I think there was a similar study around taking photos or video on your phone, and how it harmed short-term memory of the event
When I'd sketch places I'd remember them even visiting two decades later. My memory is not quite so good when I photograph then revisit them.
Same principle that taking notes in lectures freehand with pen and paper means information lodges in a different part of your brain than if you’re simply transcribing on a laptop (most people type faster than they write). Something to do with having to order your thoughts and choose what to record
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Here's an example of lazy AI getting obvious shit wrong.
https://x.com/i/grok/share/PNSENgGcUVUDNjhTh1XxMd0Pp -
And in another criticism - I got chatgpt to review a report I uploaded. I asked it questions and had to continually prompt it and fact check. When told to restrict its answers to the report, it made shit up and offered the excuse it must have got the answers it provided from other sources.
I wonder how many people are taking what these models are saying at face value.
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Yes free. The obvious solution if I really wanted accuracy would be to host and firewall my own, restricted to a storage container that doesn't have internet access. But then I'd still have to invest in tweaking the indexes etc.
And if I'm honest, right now I CBF.
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@antipodean said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
And in another criticism - I got chatgpt to review a report I uploaded. I asked it questions and had to continually prompt it and fact check. When told to restrict its answers to the report, it made shit up and offered the excuse it must have got the answers it provided from other sources.
I wonder how many people are taking what these models are saying at face value.
Huge, huge, issue for us in education.
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@antipodean you’d still get hallucinations with a local model. It’s baked in.
You need the massive data centres and the top models to reduce it. I’ve noticed that MCP task trackers help enormously, helps it keep track of its chain of thought.
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@gt12 said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
@antipodean said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
And in another criticism - I got chatgpt to review a report I uploaded. I asked it questions and had to continually prompt it and fact check. When told to restrict its answers to the report, it made shit up and offered the excuse it must have got the answers it provided from other sources.
I wonder how many people are taking what these models are saying at face value.
Huge, huge, issue for us in education.
AI slop is everywhere.You guys need to transition to AI Tutors ASAP. I won’t hold my breath
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@gt12 said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
@antipodean said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
And in another criticism - I got chatgpt to review a report I uploaded. I asked it questions and had to continually prompt it and fact check. When told to restrict its answers to the report, it made shit up and offered the excuse it must have got the answers it provided from other sources.
I wonder how many people are taking what these models are saying at face value.
Huge, huge, issue for us in education.
AI slop is everywhere.In my recently departed job I've had to develop an AI Action Plan and policy (e.g. what
wethey allow, what they don't allow, development of assessments utilising AI).We realised how urgent it was when in an assessment in our final capstone subject had 8 out of 11 AI written responses. By far the biggest issue with it was the assessment was just the students updating their project plan, it was essentially them just telling the lecturer what they've done, what they're doing, and what they still had to do.
He rightfully failed them, the GM tried to get us to pass them, and we had to settle on them all undertaking a new assessment as a replacement.
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@Nepia said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
8 out of 11 AI written responses
You are no doubt correct. However, dumb people (ie non Ferners) seem to put trust in 'AI detection software'. It appears to be as random as a TMO with a head clash.
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Isn’t school supposed to be preparing you for a career? These tools are going to be used everywhere, education needs to reform completely.
I had three AI bots working as a team this afternoon, one searching for a root cause of an issue so I could resolve it.
Another reviewing pull requests from the team, and another speeding me along writing code.
They are increasingly becoming autonomous and if used properly, undetectable. The kids will work out how to bypass any checks, and like with most cheating you’ll just catch the dummies.
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My main use of AI at work is transcribing Teams meetings, chucking the transcription into Co-Pilot, and getting it to write the minutes and actions from the meeting. Even though the transcription doesn't record what was said all that well, Co-Pilot seems to do a great job of deciphering it into something that I only need to make small tweaks to. It can also explain some of the technical stuff talked about in the meeting as it can look up what the technology is and what is does etc. Very handy and has saved me a lot of time already. In 5 years time the corporate world is going to be a completely different place.
