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Showerthoughts

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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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If they could draw or make music, they wouldn't need a robot to do it, and they clearly want to but don't have the skills.

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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I HATE LLMs

But it can be fun, a little part of the problem specifically for LLMs they are addicting. Image generation version less so unless it's for porn

But I mean these things are great for shit posts

[–] SavarosaCraft@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

LLMs are designed to be addictive.
If you set the settings (that should be on by default) it will be more of a tool than something that foeces you to interact with.
Examples:
Don't let them ask questions if they are not needed. You prompt it not the other way around.
Turn off compliments and ask for more negative feedback.
Make sure it doesn't pretend to be human with feelings and actual personality.

I found these pretty useful rules.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 9 points 21 hours ago

They're great for shitposts? I thought the point of shitposts was they take no effort. Wouldn't putting an extra service in the loop just complicate it?

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I think that the kinds of people who would find the lying machine addictive would probably also find gambling mechanics in video games addictive. Also regular porn can be addictive to some people as well. I'm not disagreeing with you, just pointing out that these specific issues are not unique to generative ai.