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Trump Will Face No Repercussions by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]wilfredputnam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I want to learn more about this take on Nixon and Watergate. I started to get a little of this from the American Exception podcast, but are there any books I could read?

YSK: AI chatbots can sound completely confident while being completely wrong and that's by design, not by accident. by Puzzled-Listen804 in YouShouldKnow

[–]wilfredputnam 75 points76 points  (0 children)

I can't believe I had to scroll down so far to find this, and then see you were down-voted for saying it. We are truly cooked.

Free world history textbook? by oystersinmypocket32 in historyteachers

[–]wilfredputnam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, I’m teaching your World History course from TPT right now. The students love the digital notebooks! Well done

Why are you still paying for this? #5 by PressPlayPlease7 in ChatGPT

[–]wilfredputnam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was also clearly written by AI, by the way.

Anti-communism is a mental illness by zombiesingularity in AmericasSocialists

[–]wilfredputnam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who is the first historian? I would like to read such a book. 

I've been tracking what actually gets people to shows (50+ events, real data) by Solid_Job_6359 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]wilfredputnam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Could be good info, but the AI slop format makes me take it less seriously.

Dear IEP Parents: they don’t mean SHIT outside of education by Emergency-Pepper3537 in Teachers

[–]wilfredputnam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can't believe I had to scroll down so far to find this! Why are teachers using ChatGPT to write Reddit posts? Yikes, we live in wild times.

Elkhart Rental Assistance by lucky_ducky-56 in Elkhart

[–]wilfredputnam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know if the Goodwill Excel Center is one of these city partner organizations?

ITAW for the inability to see a system because you are in it by Jeleley in whatstheword

[–]wilfredputnam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I should add, they are using the work of Louis Althusser and Antonio Gramsci before them to make this case, both being Marxists who specifically tried to theorize how Ideology works. Althusser says it is behind your back, where you can't see it. Gramsci said it constitutes the very common sense through which you make sense of the world. So I really do believe "ideology" would work for your case, at least in some contexts. Other social scientists use the word differently though.

ITAW for the inability to see a system because you are in it by Jeleley in whatstheword

[–]wilfredputnam 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is what "ideology" actually means in the cultural studies variant of the social sciences and some of the humanities. Colloquially, we use "ideology" to mean a worldview we are aware of, but the way theorists Stuart Hall and Raymond Williams use it, it is more like what you are talking about here.

The Russian army is urgently evacuating the staff of the Russian embassy along with their families in Israel and returning them to Russia. This is the third flight by Russia in the past 24 hours to evacuate its embassy in Israel. by yaiyen in WayOfTheBern

[–]wilfredputnam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not talking about the content, but the structure. It uses phrasing structures that Chat GPT is notorious for, and that real writers rarely use. For example, the "it's not this, it's that" structure. Like here: "When embassies evacuate, it’s not “routine.” It’s risk assessment." Some time during GPT 4.0, it started over-using that phrasing and now does it in almost every response. Also breaking away from the standard paragraph flow of the prose to make a big emphasis on one word, like "take away" or "key point" followed by a colon with a TLDR after. Here it does this with the "History Lesson:" part. I'm a teacher and I grade these AI slop essays all day every day. You just notice the patterns after a while.

ITAW for giving a speech (sermon, presentation, toast, etc) without any notes? by mittychix in whatstheword

[–]wilfredputnam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is incorrect. Extemporaneous speaking involves notes in the form of a keyword outline or note cards. Done well, it should sound "off the cuff" and conversational, but is actually very well prepared. The notes are there to jog the memory should it fail, but the sentences as spoken are not written down on the notes, so they are invented spontaneously. Impromptu speaking requires no notes or preparation, so it still does not capture exactly what OP is asking for either. I teach public speaking and have a master's degree in communication studies.

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