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   jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 16:04:46 JST jwz

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   "It's like having a reference librarian!"

   My Brother in Taxonomy, it is the farthest thing from that.

   A reference librarian is a person with feelings, motivations and ethics, who has a goal of helping you find the answer to your question.

   The chatbot is a clockwork mechanism that extrudes text optimized to make you *think* your question has been answered.

   It is also a machine built by fascists with the goal of creating a dependent, de-skilled, submissive populace and ending Democracy. HTH.

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 16:04:47 JST jwz

     A slopfondler walks into a bar.

     They: Hey. I found a good use of AI!
     Me: No you didn't.
     They: Wait let me tell you about it.
     Me: Please don't. I'm begging you. Stop talking.
     They: No, you'll like this.
     Me: I assure you, I will not...
     https://jwz.org/b/yk4i

     Steve's Place repeated this.