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Isn't that observation akin to the "We should improve society somewhat" ... "Yet you participate in society! Curious!" meme?

We know from Paris that systemic change is required - it isn't simply individual choice.





OK, what sort of systemic change you propose? Note that bans on anything digital are really hard to enforce without giving law enforcement draconian powers.

Yes, that's the meme. "We should improve society somewhat" doesn't mean the peasant has actionable proposals, only pointing out there's a problem.

My comment was instead highlighting how your analogy to the "car problem" might be right, in that where we see big shifts to reduce the car problem, like in Paris, it comes from systemic changes from a car-centric form to a diverse transit form, rather than an individual choice model.

My go-to these days is to heavily tax the rich, place a staggering tax on the the superrich, introduce meaningful UBI, put strict controls on housing rentals, etc.

Why waste time using ChatGPT to write work email slop when you don't need to work?

I presume the student is using ChatGPT for assignments in order to get the credentials (a degree) needed for a job - while companies off-load their training costs onto young people, who are then encourage to go into debt, resulting in a mild form of debt bondage.

Reduce the need for a job, so the students who go to college are more likely to be those who want the personal education, rather than credentialism.

But hey, I'm just a peasant programmer saying there are flaws, and we should do something about it. Talk to an actual expert, not me.

Those experts (I hear them on podcasts) will also say things like having strong consumer protection laws so people aren't forced to deal with AI (and human!) sludge.




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