I asked ChatGPT to "Devise a plan to rid the world of billionaires":
1. Implement an international wealth tax on billionaires to significantly reduce their wealth.
2. Increase taxes on capital gains and other forms of investment income to reduce the ability of billionaires to acquire and accumulate more wealth.
3. Provide incentives for billionaires to invest their wealth in charitable causes and social programs.
@charleswlogan @Autumm I really appreciate this discussion. There were conversations in education when Google searches first became a thing and faculty were panicking about students being able to Google the answers to tests. The real response is that if the answers can be Googled, or bought off of Chegg, Course Hero, or AI'ed, then we are asking the wrong questions. I think that we have to teach and assess the process of thinking, not the production of papers.
@hrheingold Thanks Howard - I have always appreciated your collegiality and generosity of spirit.
ChatbotGPT: The New Mechanical Turk
I am unimpressed with the ChatbotGPT. I asked it to write a sestina, and it could not follow the formula or even write decent rhyming couplets which it used to substitute for the formula for a sestina. It managed to produce some boring and obvious haiku. It is just as bad at writing essays. I asked it to
https://geoffcain.com/blog/chatbotgpt-the-new-mechanical-turk/
#AI #academicintegrity #AI #Artificialintelligence #composition #epistemology #honesty
@reneestephen I agree with that - shitposts are reason 38 for leaving Twitter. Also the silence around the hate and antisemitism was deafening. Silence = complicity.
This is nice to hear!
Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative
"Our Pledge for a Healthy Internet describes our hopes for the Internet, and what it can become: a powerful tool for promoting civil discourse and human dignity. One that elevates critical thinking and reasoned argument, that honors shared experience and individual expression and brings together diverse and global communities to work together for the common good." #socialmedia #fediverse
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
Remembrance of Futures Past, or Where’s my conveyer belt sidewalk?
We are rapidly approaching that wondrous time of year when pundits congratulate themselves for being right on technology.
https://geoffcain.com/blog/remembrance-of-futures-past-or-wheres-my-conveyer-belt-sidewalk/
#future #futurists #newyear #predictions
Happy Beethoven's Birthday! My favorite of his compositions is the adagio cantabile from the 2nd movement of the 8th piano sonata, and my favorite composer for the classical guitar, Francisco Tárrega, transcribed it for guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCwYODaKUzY
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
For the Daily Create Monkey Day, I would like to remind people of what great companions Spider Monkeys make and that they even eat lollipops...
#dailycreate #tdc3988 #ds106
