I love him

And his wife?

… to shreds you say?

This is the one! I have three of them and the cats love them.

For Karl!

He looks so happy! My name suggestion is Rufus.

Completely agree. Not only is it disturbing how little people care, but there’s a far bigger picture.

Right now it’s celebrities shilling products. What happens when it’s political figures? What happens when the messages spread misinformation or violence?

It doesn’t matter whether or not you fall for it as an individual. It will impact society. Full stop.

People need to be more understanding and compassionate. If you know so much and are so great at identifying these things and so technologically savvy, help educate those around you. Vote in every election, including local elections, to vote into power people who understand these issues and will act on the best interest of the people.

I get what you’re saying, but I’m not sure you realize just how much that would hurt people. Europe is much more densely concentrated and has far better public transit options. Many parts of the US are extremely rural. My nearest grocery store is a 30 minute drive away. There are no stores in walking distance at all. There are no sidewalks. There are no busses, trains, or cabs in my area, and that is not wildly uncommon.

If costs of gas doubled, at least without viable alternatives, it would absolutely bankrupt people. And it would disproportionately impact poor people in rural areas where it’s very common to commute to work 30-60 minutes of driving is a common commute. While it varies by state, US federal minimum wage in the US is $7.25/hour. Many people commute for work, and an hour drive one way is also not uncommon.

Let’s take 7.25 an hour x 40 hours = $290 before taxes.

We’ll keep it simple and say a person uses only 1 gallon of gas per day to get to and from work which, at $8 a gallon x 5 days a week = $40. Just that travel to and from work and no other travel at all (or maintenance on the vehicle) would be 14% of pre-tax income.

So many things need to change so I understand the perspective, but I think it’s really important to consider the widespread impact. Obviously the US has a lot of issues contributing to this situation.

Nah we’ve had the cube thing for like 2 years, longer than that cat lol

Did I hear a rock and stone?

Honestly I’m advocating for genocide…

gasp

yes hello cat lawyer here

you’re slandering my client!! no evidence

boris is a good boy

Don’t you even dare reply to this comment with any more pictures of this cat. I won’t stand for it!!!

You make an excellent point about the impact of ChatGPT and others on written assignments. I’ve been in the online higher ed field designing online courses for almost 10 years now. I also teach online.

Having students regurgitate the same information over and over in the form of discussions and papers (or other assignments with names like blog, journal, etc) are starting to become problematic. Students generally don’t like this form of assessment, and as noted in this thread, it’s very difficult to be able to prove that a student has used ChatGPT.

The reason this is really exciting for someone like me is that it will drive innovation, whether universities want to or not. We can utilize other assessment tools that allow students to test their knowledge and learn through doing. Will all writing assignments go away? Certainly not. But I do think there’s so much opportunity for online higher education and I really do think these changes in technology will force new learning modalities to be developed.

~ end nerdy online education rant ~

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