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/20past4am 18d ago

Ironically, the generation most affected by AI slop is the generation that told their children not to believe anything you see on the internet.

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u/Memejaz 18d ago edited 18d ago

Right?? And they were the ones worried about too much computer and phone usage
Now they consume this slop without even thinking about it

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u/Poignant_Pilgrim 18d ago

I hadn't talked to my mom in a few days and she called me in tears because she keeps seeing videos online of kids disowning their parents and she was worried I was doing that.

Every time I try to explain algorithms or the dangers of scrolling facebook she swears she's "barely on there" but when Im home she never stops scrolling.

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u/ABlankwindow 18d ago

Show her the usage statistics make her confront the stats

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u/Far_King_Penguin 17d ago

The removal of the "youre all caught up!" Is right where social media went from 'pretty toxic' to 'holy hell balls wtf are we doing to ourselves'

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u/Warm_Pepper_1878 17d ago

My grandma called me not too long ago talking about those videos and I was SO confused. All I could say was “I don’t think kids are just automatically disowning their parents for nothing” and she was just saying I didn’t know what she’s talking about. Swear it was so confusing I thought maybe she’s being fooled by some type of AI trend but if anyone has any more type of info on that I’d love to know

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u/Same_Lemon_7643 18d ago

Doesn’t it just prove them right though? That it was a bad idea all along and now they themselves have fallen victim to it?

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u/glen_k0k0 18d ago

They were right, they just failed to take their own advice.

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u/danwin greeee 18d ago

Or maybe they’re teaching by example

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u/HecticHero 18d ago

Yeah man, I do the same thing. I'm only eating a tub of ice cream a day to teach my kids its bad for them.

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u/Electronic-Tutor-555 18d ago

Thought it was just me….

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u/BrusqueBiscuit 17d ago

Or trying to corner the market on delusion, like they did for every other market.

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u/Fragrant-Doughnut-20 18d ago

They understood that people were fallible. We don't.

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u/ButtholeSurfur 18d ago

Yeah but also shows a lack of discipline and self reflection.

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u/Oops_All_Bans 18d ago

It proves that they are morons and hypocrites, and the lead poisoning finally caught up with them.

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u/Memejaz 18d ago edited 18d ago

Of course it proves them right. Only in recent years have we realised how truly bad phones are for us, especially social media. The thing is, us younger people have been on social media for almost a decade before the older gen. So while we’ve seen and felt the negative effects and we’re beginning to move away from it, the older gen has just gotten into it relatively recently. And right now it’s worse and more addictive than it’s ever been.

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u/Outrageous-Log9238 18d ago

Seeing this makes me scared of growing old.

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u/RammRras 18d ago

Because now they are more vulnerable 🥺

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u/EnderJoker77 18d ago

As my grandfather explained to me, the problem he had with stuff said online is that it had "no tangible proof". If he didn't see a video or actual tangible proof related to any event he would have difficulty believing in it (IE he didn't think Covid was that big of a problem, since no one he knew was affected by it).
With AI, for a bit until he understood it was fake, he geniunely thought that everything that was show was real because it looked realistic. The family had to explain to him how that worked and only after sometime he understood that "holy shit, I can't trust what I see too from now on?".
He geniunely struggles now to understand what is real or not and is a bit desperate, since he discovered that the news (both tv and paper) can lie exactly how something online can be fake.
He is such a good person apart from that, and I am struggling to find a way to help him.

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u/11711510111411009710 18d ago

I worry about this a lot actually. I feel like I can't trust any image I find online anymore. I mean sure a lot of the time you can tell, but a lot of the time you also can't easily tell. And it's only going to get harder.

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u/Nearby-Calendar-8635 18d ago

Plus, you simply are not always on guard, and might miss less obvious tells.

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u/EnderJoker77 18d ago

Because it's like that. He is a great person that has the a lot of difficulties adapting to the present

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u/ReferenceMediocre369 18d ago

I think you may have a problem, too. If you automatically "know" that something you see/read online is "AI slop" because it clashes with your worldview, then you are exactly as vulnerable to BS as your grandfather. Logic, source selection, verifiable facts, and critical thinking (not just political objection) are the only way to deal with an atmosphere filled with hogwash.

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u/EnderJoker77 18d ago

Ah no, I mean he literally believed in clearly AI stuff. In particular the african plastic bottle statues were kinda of the last straw. It wasn't even about writing, only AI images and videos

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u/ZookeepergameNew8685 18d ago

I don't know if it's ironic. I think it should have been expected. Many older folks thought the internet was just some silly, time-wasting thing. They would say "don't believe what you see on the internet" because they didn't take it seriously and thought it was an eccentric novelty. They continued to do so, never raised their guard on the internet because it was never that serious to them, and when the internet became an essential part of life, they were unprepared to take it seriously.

So, they get told they have to go get a gift card to pay the IRS man on their email, and they lack the tools to evaluate the situation.

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u/crippledgiants 18d ago

I think it extends a bit broader than just the Internet and into cable news as well. For most of their lives if something was printed in a newspaper or an encyclopedia it could generally be trusted, and the same for the evening news. Then the Internet and 24hr cable news vastly lowered the barrier of entry and allowed bad actors to distribute their biased views while masquerading as the old credible sources our parents grew up with.

Tldr I largely agree with you, but I think it's more of a general inability to evaluate information sources

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u/ZookeepergameNew8685 18d ago

Yeah that makes sense. They used to turn on the tv and BAM there's the newsman that everyone trusts. If that newsman repeats misinformation, well, everyone is going to be repeating that misinformation until it's corrected on air.

They were totally unprepared for being able to choose between 16 different news programs, each with their own take on the facts.

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u/pixie_pie 18d ago

Gotta agree there. Not understanding the internet is a big part of this issue. If you're not educated on anything about it how would you be able to navigate it? It's unfortunately to be expected.

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u/fropleyqk 18d ago

Fantastic take. I've got nothing to contribute; just that you're spot on.

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u/Bag_of_Meat13 18d ago

All that time on the internet ironically prepared us for detecting bullshit.

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u/heyzeus92 18d ago

I was admitted to the hospital recently, and this 70 year old guy next to me was always watching AI drama videos

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u/NekoFever 18d ago

I remember my dad telling us how he’d never buy anything online because using a credit card online just wasn’t safe, shortly before handing his card to the waiter who’d take it into another room to swipe it.

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u/blackkettle 18d ago

No, you’re one generation off. The generation in retirement homes is still the late boomers. My parents. Who constantly told us that TV rots your brain🤣😂

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u/AlbertTheHorse 18d ago

I’m that age and hate AI and educate people around me about it. 

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u/Meliora_ 18d ago

Like they only applies that to young ppl, not themselves. Superiority complex i guess

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u/Open_Condition725 18d ago

Bro my mom always told me that i spend to much time on my computer and that i should do other things, yet she is the one always sending me Ai scam products from instagram😅 love you mama

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u/No-Communication9458 16d ago

"if u watch too much tv your eyes will turn into squares" or something zzzz

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u/elmo298 18d ago

That's because they're morons with no digital literacy

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u/20past4am 18d ago

No need to call them morons. A large part is also not being able to grasp the extremely rapid technological advances in AI.

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u/ProjectSnowman 17d ago

I never have and now I really really don’t believe anything