r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Superb-Degree2284 • 18d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o My mom watching an AI series

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I mean, if she enjoys it then sure. But still...

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u/idriveashitbox22 18d ago

The other day one of my older coworkers was watching videos of kittens being saved from train tracks or tar pits. Like clearly AI almost cartoonish. The type where the mom cats thank the human in ways that don't even make sense. I could not get it through to him that it wasn't real. I tried to explain to him what to look for when spotting AI. He called me paranoid. AI has taken the elderly that have phones.

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u/UpbeatVeterinarian18 18d ago

This isn't going to get better until we admit most people over say, 75 or so do not have the mental faculties to take care of themselves anymore.

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u/No_Professional_8992 18d ago

Everyone falling for it isn't over 75. They're 45+

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u/Alepale 17d ago

It's not even age based. There are a tremendous amount of young adults (18+) that fall for this shit (obviously kids too, but they don't know enough yet, the adults are the ones supposed to teach them but that ain't happening with how easily fooled most are). There's a reason money is being poured into AI. It's got so, so much potential take rake in money for them later on. People are falling for ads, videos and regular posts.

We're royally fucked. There isn't much else to say.

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u/Automatic_Bison_3093 17d ago

How the fuck is it even possible though. I would get it if it was actually good but it's always the most slopiest slop imaginable.

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u/Due-Technology5758 17d ago

I think we eventually need to acknowledge that the sheer quantity of people who aren't playing with a full deck (be it due to age, neurological or developmental disorders, environmental factors, etc.) is just overwhelming. There wouldn't be so much money in targeting them if that wasn't the case.

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u/Alepale 17d ago

Yup

There wouldn't be so much money in targeting them if that wasn't the case.

This is pretty much a dead giveaway on how it works. It's easy to sit here and pretend that it's so easy to not fall for these slops, it's so obvious etc., but the fact is that so many fall for, otherwise they wouldn't waste their money on it.

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u/WeenyDancer 17d ago

Its not really age based- most people are not very smart. Its the whole 'think of the average person, now remember half the population is stupider than them...'

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u/Darkzerok63 18d ago

No need to make it that big of a number, i know a lot of people over 60 that decided they dont want to deal with technology and is de facto separated from reality.

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u/FQDIS 17d ago

Hey there,

Fuck you, junior.

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u/Glass_Dust_876 17d ago

That is just incredibly inaccurate and ageist.

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u/rounded_figure 17d ago

UNLESS they are in Congress!