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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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It was right there with flying cars and domed cities on the moon. That was part of the whole Disneyworld/OMNI Magazine promise about life in the year 2000.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My kids use chat gpt to learn stuff sometimes, like math. They do extensively check it's not bullshit though.

I definitely see a trend where crappy teachers get bested by computers.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm just imagining a bunch of young children that talk and think like ChatGPT. They will not understand that humans should be drawn with 2 arms

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They will not understand that humans should be drawn with 2 arms

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah but Michelangelo gets a pass as he was a crazy genius!

Edit: Leonardo ofc

[–] olorin99@kbin.earth 4 points 2 years ago

Fyi the vitruvian man was drawn by Leonardo, not Michelangelo. Different ninja turtle.

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is the new popular art style.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Mommy, why do some people have three arms?"

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

Don't worry, kid. You've got two arms, and that's above average.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ha ha took me a while lol

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Crappy teachers get bested by computers which turn out to be even crappier because they don't give a shit about things like how a kid is feeling today psychologically or if they just need some encouragement to try a little harder.

And then you get into the hallucinations.

I would rather have a crappy teacher that cares about the kids than an AI who has no capacity to do so.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ya, but where do you find those "teachers who care about kids" you are taking about?

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's why you should have good teachers. Replacing them with machines isn't a solution, because kids have to learn from other humans. That's kinda how our species works. Learning isn't just based on strings of words, but also human interaction.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

In the best of worlds of course, but for now it's better than nothing.

The very best is a personal teacher but that seems unlikely for most kids...