AI generated pictures
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SilverFly
Legend
Bait shop?! Hell, try getting a fairy wand on most tuna boats.
a wizard fishing on a tuna boat with a fairy wand off the coast of Oregon as the sun comes up and the waves are crashing
Here is one of the best skits in a very long time... dealing with AI.... I almost peed myself
Damn, Evan's boat mod really turned out pretty good, though I don't know about the strategy of inshore just beyond the breakers, seems a mite risky
Shawn, Agreed. Keenan explaining Cornholio as a MIT professor gets funnier every time
Prompt: a woman wearing strong perfume with huge feet wearing a swimming cap swimming in a clearing in the fog at a Puget Sound beach while a man fly fishing for humpy salmon stands on a beach covered with beach glass.
JimTravers¤£a!!Travers
Steelhead
You can't tell if its AI!!!CAN'T Tell!!! You never know it could and PROBABLY IS a real one!!! I saw the WHISKEY HORSE coming out of a woods. It wasn't NO AI.
I also tried. It definitely doesn't know what a pink salmon is supposed to beGemini's version of "Picture of a steelhead eating a pink salmon that is eating a sea-run cutthroat." The steelhead and SRC are pretty good, but the pink salmon is a fail.
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Great article. I'm all for technology helping people. My career has been in the telecom world. I remember looking at my little 1.5" Nokia 6190 screen thinking "why would people want to look at the internet on this?" Obviously, I'm not a real visionary dude. Haha! Well, I've learned a few things since that 1998 moment. One of them is that marketing and sales run the world, no matter how great the technology. The old supply and demand.
In the case of AI, the demand (and marketing) has pretty much run out so now they just have to shove it in our faces. And the arrogance with which that is happening is astounding. The article hits the nail on the head. Some would pay for it, but most would not.
I have a buddy I respect very much. The dude is 61 years old and has no desire to stop working. He loves what he does. He's essentially an executive director/VP and uses ChatGPT to help him create presentations that he gives to his entire org. And he thinks it's the greatest thing since sliced bread because he can give it great input and is happy with the output. He can also sniff out any BS responses.
Can every executive director or VP...or supervisor, manager or director... give it great input and decipher the mistakes in the output? I don't believe so. Not even close. Half of them will get lazy and won't even proof-read the damn thing. We see that even without AI.
So while I marvel at most technology for what it can do to help people, I'm very afraid of what AI will do to hurt people.
I asked GPT to respond to the article...
| Gioia’s Claim | Counterpoint |
|---|---|
| 1. AI is being "force-fed" to users via apps like Outlook and Excel, often without consent. | Integration ≠ coercion. Embedding AI into tools users already use lowers friction and increases accessibility. Just as spell check or autocomplete once felt invasive, AI is the next evolution in productivity. Opt-out paths can and should exist — but bundling is not inherently unethical. |
| 2. Only 8% of consumers are willing to pay for AI, proving low demand. | Low direct payment willingness is typical for foundational tech. People don’t pay for GPS or spellcheck directly either — they pay for services enhanced by it. AI as infrastructure is valuable even if invisible. |
| 3. AI features are hard to disable or turn off, creating frustration and lack of control. | Usability varies by platform, but this is a design problem, not a moral failing of AI. Most companies are actively improving customization and privacy tools. Constructive feedback (like Gioia’s) helps drive those changes. |
| 4. Companies are inflating AI's popularity by hiding it in bundled services. | Strategic bundling is common in tech adoption cycles. Consumers may not know they want a tool until they experience it. AI copilots, summarizers, and assistants are already proving valuable in productivity and education. |
| 5. AI is being imposed from the top down, without grassroots enthusiasm. | Most innovation is initially top-down. The iPhone, cloud computing, and streaming services were all introduced before wide consumer demand. Successful AI features often build user enthusiasm after deployment. |
| 6. The public is skeptical or indifferent, but companies push AI anyway. | Skepticism is healthy — but history shows user attitudes can shift quickly. Accessibility tools, translation, summarization, and automation are early examples where users grow reliant on AI once they understand it. |
| 7. AI tools are marketed deceptively and overhyped. | Marketing can be excessive, but the underlying capabilities of AI — especially in language processing, accessibility, and automation — are real and rapidly improving. Responsible framing and transparency are key, not total rejection. |
| 8. This isn’t about innovation; it’s about manipulating perceptions and pleasing shareholders. | Innovation and investor interests often overlap — but that doesn’t invalidate the utility of AI. Companies investing in AI are also investing in workforce tools, education access, and global productivity gains. |
