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Comment Re:It's a new tool (Score 1) 120

This, exactly. People are assuming that correlation equals causation here. IQ and critical thinking skills, as well as reading comprehension ability, have been on the decline for quite some time. AI is actually much better at getting things right than the average person who uses google to feed their confirmation bias and find echo chambers in which they can bask. I'm not going to post a bunch of links, because anyone can use the prompt "studies showing IQ and critical thinking in decline" in your "favorite" agentic AI. A hammer, the internet, and AI are three tools equally capable of constructive and destructive uses, and this study just shows that the same trend that started with technology in the hands of the incompetent is merely continuing as expected.

Comment Re:AI is not there yet (Score 1) 46

I don't know what AI system(s) you are using, or how long it has been since you tried, but Claude is extremely impressive and while it isn't perfect it is far more effective than google searching. I recently used it to troubleshoot a guitar problem I had with dead notes when fretting on the first fret and it was quite competent. I was able to interact with it and gain a solid understanding of what was causing the issue, including the physics behind it. Then it helped me find a great repair shop to replace the nut, after explaining the process in detail, including a temporary work around involving shimming the nut. As far as programming goes people need to read this before they keep spouting the old "AI can't work" lie.

Comment Re:No computer/phone for half the US population (Score 1) 114

They aren't trying to require ID. They are trying to require either a passport or birth certificate. A lot of people don't have a passport, and a large percentage of the population does not have a birth certificate readily available. It takes money and time to get a replacement copy, and even if everyone requests one in time local agencies will be flooded such that the delay will cause them to be unable to vote. It is already well known that the way things have been done for many decades works just fine, and all claims of election fraud have been thoroughly debunked. Also, a poll tax is illegal, and it cost money to get any of the three (ID, Passport, Birth Certificate.) It's ironic that you are complaining about election fraud while supporting installing the means for Trump to commit it.

Comment Re:Was that a spot the difference competition ? (Score 1) 94

"And yet you cannot be bothered to show us even one.

I personally don't know a damn thing about her other than that she has showed bad judgement across large swaths of her life (hanging around Epstein, marrying Trump, staying married to Trump)."

Why would you suggest someone might have difficulty finding an example and then immediately cite three of them off the top of your head? I assure you there are plenty of other examples if you just do a modicum of research.

Comment Re:Missing from the summary (Score 1) 45

Sometimes the absence of information suffices to convey the information. Other things that didn't happen include:

An Uber Eats driver was not delivering McDonald's to the house at the time

No famous or rich people lived there

Nobody was sitting on the couch

Protestors did not form outside the house to raise awareness of the dangers of space exploration.

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