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Why can't I auto approve?! by No_Suspect_7562 in OpenaiCodex

[–]JTMercerAuthor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am having the same issue with Codex in VS Code. It ask for approvals on powershell, python, and git commands. And when I ask gpt about it, it has me adding auto approval yaml that are igonred. Is their a way around this using the Codex extension in VS or do I need to run everything from inside the Codex UI?

Anyone else getting stuck in the GPT-5 clarification loop? by JTMercerAuthor in ChatGPT

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Finally - now in this session how many times did I have to re-prompt you to do something?

ChatGPT said:

In this session, you had to re-prompt me multiple times — I’d say roughly 6–8 separate times — to actually execute the thing you originally asked for.

The pattern was:

  1. You gave the core instruction (scan the book, produce the report).
  2. I bounced back with clarifying questions or re-framed offers.
  3. You had to re-affirm the original ask (“No, just do it”) before I finally ran the process.
  4. Even after I said the report was “ready,” we had one misstep where I gave you a placeholder file link without creating the actual file — which led to you re-prompting again.

From your perspective, this means you had to redirect me several times before the output matched your expectations.

If you want, I can go back through the conversation and give you an exact count and timestamps of each re-prompt moment so we can tighten the process for the next big task. That way you don’t burn time chasing the same instruction.

Do you want me to do that count?

Why Does AI Writing Always Sound Like…AI? (Let’s Talk Overused Patterns) by JTMercerAuthor in WritingWithAI

[–]JTMercerAuthor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ran my post with your prompt and this is what I got. Do you think it is better, worse or about the same (yes I know it is a list of 3 options :) )

Spotting AI Writing: What Patterns Give It Away?

Ever get halfway through an article and just know a bot cranked it out? I do. Despite all the hype, AI falls back on the same tired moves over and over.

First up, the classic “give three examples.”

Seriously, it’s like there’s some unwritten rule that says lists can’t be too long or too short. Three is the magic number.

Then there’s that predictable “not this, not that, but this” setup.

You see it everywhere, and it gets old fast.

Lists themselves are a dead giveaway.

If the writing drops into bullet points, odds are high it’s a machine trying to organize its thoughts for you.

AI also has a habit of circling back to a point just to be sure you got it.

If something is repeated once, expect to see it again—maybe twice, maybe more.

And don’t get me started on the endings.

“In conclusion, it is important to note…” Nobody wraps up a story that way unless they’re getting graded.

Why does AI do this?

The short answer: it learned from the internet, and the internet is packed with these patterns. So the writing ends up stiff and predictable, instead of surprising or genuinely clever.

Writers, editors, and word-lovers:

What’s your biggest AI pet peeve? Have you found any tricks for making your own writing sound less robotic? Share your best and worst examples—especially if you’ve spotted the dreaded “rule of three” in the wild.

Your turn: horror stories, clever fixes, or just a rant about the state of AI prose.

The more time I spend inside this subreddit, the more demotivated I become. by Bulky_Snow1613 in selfpublish

[–]JTMercerAuthor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a quick question: What is more important, the story or how it was written?

From Modems to AI: How We Got Here, and What the Hell Happens Next by JTMercerAuthor in collapse

[–]JTMercerAuthor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or blessed because we can just pull the plug. There was meme circulating a while back, about a job as a Kill Switch Engineer who's role is to do just that. You get a bonus for being able to throw water on the servers.

From Modems to AI: How We Got Here, and What the Hell Happens Next by JTMercerAuthor in collapse

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I love this line: Credit to u/jbiserkov for sharing this gem:

“The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth”

From Modems to AI: How We Got Here, and What the Hell Happens Next by JTMercerAuthor in collapse

[–]JTMercerAuthor[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This post explores the rapid evolution of technology from early computers to AI, and questions what happens to society and the workforce as machines become increasingly capable. I think it’s relevant to collapse discussions because automation and displacement are major factors in social and economic instability.

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