Given that living influencers aren't much different than bots, this, weirdly, seems more honest.
Not that I'd given it thought before, but this has to be one of the "professions" most vulnerable to AI takeover right? I mean, if you follow an influencer who the fuck cares if they're real or AI? You just want hot consumer garbage funneled into your eyeballs.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Given that living influencers aren't much different than bots, this, weirdly, seems more honest.
Not that I'd given it thought before, but this has to be one of the "professions" most vulnerable to AI takeover right? I mean, if you follow an influencer who the fuck cares if they're real or AI? You just want hot consumer garbage funneled into your eyeballs.
I have no idea the kind of person who follows an influencer, but is there some kind of fan-star imagined relationship, somewhat akin to fans of musicians? Not on the scale of Charles Manson thinking the Beatles were sending him in particular messages in their music, but that there is an emotional, fantasy-inflected relationship on the follower's part. If it's explicitly AI, that maybe goes out the window? I dunno, just thinking out loud because, as I said, I can't fathom people following someone hawking skin conditioner or shoes.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Given that living influencers aren't much different than bots, this, weirdly, seems more honest.
Not that I'd given it thought before, but this has to be one of the "professions" most vulnerable to AI takeover right? I mean, if you follow an influencer who the fuck cares if they're real or AI? You just want hot consumer garbage funneled into your eyeballs.
I have no idea the kind of person who follows an influencer, but is there some kind of fan-star imagined relationship, somewhat akin to fans of musicians? Not on the scale of Charles Manson thinking the Beatles were sending him in particular messages in their music, but that there is an emotional, fantasy-inflected relationship on the follower's part. If it's explicitly AI, that maybe goes out the window? I dunno, just thinking out loud because, as I said, I can't fathom people following someone hawking skin conditioner or shoes.
Hello,
A major factor in becoming an influencer is perky breasts.
How many followers would this individual(?) have if there were no photos included? What is the breakdown of followers by gender? What percent of followers are lonely males?
Given that living influencers aren't much different than bots, this, weirdly, seems more honest.
Not that I'd given it thought before, but this has to be one of the "professions" most vulnerable to AI takeover right? I mean, if you follow an influencer who the fuck cares if they're real or AI? You just want hot consumer garbage funneled into your eyeballs.
I have no idea the kind of person who follows an influencer, but is there some kind of fan-star imagined relationship, somewhat akin to fans of musicians? Not on the scale of Charles Manson thinking the Beatles were sending him in particular messages in their music, but that there is an emotional, fantasy-inflected relationship on the follower's part. If it's explicitly AI, that maybe goes out the window? I dunno, just thinking out loud because, as I said, I can't fathom people following someone hawking skin conditioner or shoes.
Hello,
A major factor in becoming an influencer is perky breasts.
How many followers would this individual(?) have if there were no photos included? What is the breakdown of followers by gender? What percent of followers are lonely males?
Yeah, I'm wholly ignorant about about the dynamics at work, but it does seem like there's an artificial or imagined relationship at work in a way that conventional advertising doesn't pursue.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
While handwritten work and oral exams are solid ways to counter AI—and in the case of oral exams probably a better way of assessing how much a student understands—it'll be balanced by the amount of additional work it'll generate on both sides. A few months ago, Ontario announced that it was bringing back teaching cursive in schools, so it does raise the question of how competent in handwriting current students even are and the challenge of decoding their script. And oral exams have serious time challenges. Say you have 40 students and set aside 30-minute exams. That's 20 hours and somehow have to organize for all 40 students.
So, yeah, professors need to rethink grading and assignments in the wake of this temptation to cheat, but pretty much all options come with problems. Smaller class sizes would actually help, but that's unrealistic until upper years. Sigh.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
While handwritten work and oral exams are solid ways to counter AI—and in the case of oral exams probably a better way of assessing how much a student understands—it'll be balanced by the amount of additional work it'll generate on both sides. A few months ago, Ontario announced that it was bringing back teaching cursive in schools, so it does raise the question of how competent in handwriting current students even are and the challenge of decoding their script. And oral exams have serious time challenges. Say you have 40 students and set aside 30-minute exams. That's 20 hours and somehow have to organize for all 40 students.
So, yeah, professors need to rethink grading and assignments in the wake of this temptation to cheat, but pretty much all options come with problems. Smaller class sizes would actually help, but that's unrealistic until upper years. Sigh.
Hello,
I will use questions that involve points from classroom discussions - hopefully specific points but we'll see.
Tests are live and in person although online (Canvas).
While handwritten work and oral exams are solid ways to counter AI—and in the case of oral exams probably a better way of assessing how much a student understands—it'll be balanced by the amount of additional work it'll generate on both sides. A few months ago, Ontario announced that it was bringing back teaching cursive in schools, so it does raise the question of how competent in handwriting current students even are and the challenge of decoding their script. And oral exams have serious time challenges. Say you have 40 students and set aside 30-minute exams. That's 20 hours and somehow have to organize for all 40 students.
So, yeah, professors need to rethink grading and assignments in the wake of this temptation to cheat, but pretty much all options come with problems. Smaller class sizes would actually help, but that's unrealistic until upper years. Sigh.
Hello,
I will use questions that involve points from classroom discussions - hopefully specific points but we'll see.
Tests are live and in person although online (Canvas).
I think that's really what's crucial—stuff that is specific to the course and can't be obtained outside the lectures. As is, I have my final exams (take homes) require reference to multiple class lectures. If you don’t come to class, you literally cannot pass the exam.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
