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by vlovich123 209 days ago
Let’s hear from L Simpson. No, that’s too specific. Let’s hear from Lisa S.
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Took me forever to find the actual quote - ChatGPT and Gemini kept trying to gaslight me that it’s not a real quote or that Willie said it to Bart until I gave the exact quote (at which point normal search engines were fine):

> A certain agitator, for privacy's sake, let's call her Lisa S. No, that's too obvious, let's say L. Simpson.

Lisa the Vegetarian

If you google “Lisa S L Simpson” it’s the first thing that comes up… why make it harder with AI?
I've recently randomly seen some younger guy running a basic calculation like 7*12 in chatgpt on his phone. It just had me in disbelief
Every time I wade into X, I always see people asking "Grok is this true?" and I weep for humanity.
… Quite ironically, Google results are AI… :)
>> Took me forever to find the actual quote - ChatGPT and Gemini kept trying to gaslight me that it’s not a real quote or that Willie said it to Bart until I gave the exact quote (at which point normal search engines were fine):

> If you google “Lisa S L Simpson” it’s the first thing that comes up… why make it harder with AI?

Because AI is the future! His employer is probably requiring him use it first for everything. Only when it fails (and you can tell), may other ways to solve the problem be tried.

In the future, Frinkiac [0] is your friend

[0] https://frinkiac.com/

When I grow up I'm going to Bovine University!