Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw. Art by Tjeerd Royaards
source mastodon - https://newsie.social/@royaards/116594142035336090
Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw. Art by Tjeerd Royaards
source mastodon - https://newsie.social/@royaards/116594142035336090
it’s comical? most ai’s have moved on beyond you are absolutely right
claude especially
They’ve moved beyond digitally sucking your dick. But they still reinforce your ideas with minimal challenge.
are you talking about facebook or ai?
which ai are you using, can you give an example?
Claude. Gemini. My local LLM which is various models.
As a stupid example, I just asked Gemini how to outsource my lawn mowing to low-cost labor in India. While it did tell me that’s logistically impossible, it also said it’s a creative thought and it respects my dedication to cost efficiency.
And that’s with a completely ridiculous example. If you try something more plausible but still a bad idea, they don’t just tell you it’s a bad idea.
You cannot meaningfully outsource physical lawn mowing in the Netherlands to low-cost labor in India, unless the worker is only doing coordination. Lawn mowing is location-bound.
The workable versions are:
Outsource the administration to India
Hire an Indian virtual assistant to find local lawn-care providers, compare quotes, schedule visits, chase invoices, and monitor recurring service. The mowing itself is still done locally.
Use a robot mower
This is the closest real substitute for cheap recurring labor. You pay upfront for a robotic mower, then only outsource occasional maintenance, blade replacement, boundary-wire fixes, and winter storage.
Hire local low-cost labor
In the Netherlands, that usually means a student, neighborhood handyman, garden-service freelancer, or someone via a local platform. This is the practical low-cost route.
Teleoperated mower
In theory, someone in India could remotely drive a mower. In practice, this is not a normal consumer option. You would need a mower with cameras, low-latency control, safety cutoffs, insurance coverage, and probably someone local to place it outside, handle obstructions, and deal with failures. At that point it is usually more expensive than local mowing.
So the sane setup is:
Indian VA for procurement and scheduling + local mower/gardener for execution, or robot mower + local maintenance.
GPT-5.5 Thinking, for context.
instead of a silly and irrelevant example, maybe actually try and convince claude of something and tell me how you go?
what’s the most controversial political opinion you have that most would disagree with and share the chat link :)
expecting no reply because you’ll find claude has guardrails and the cartoon is once again largely based on chatgpt
edit: it’s ok, found what I wanted: https://dystopiabench.com/ good to know the european version is the worst :(
I didn’t say I could convince them to agree to anything. I said they kiss ass even if you’re wrong. I guess my metaphor of fellatio wasn’t really straightforward enough.
oh i was referring to the cartoon which implies ai will straight lie to you about anything and never presents facts
this is comical and not true, you can easily push into guardrails even by mistake
I think the OP comic is about confirmation bias. The ability to generate what you want to see and experience, and never be challenged or learn anything new if you don’t want.
That definitely makes zero sense, unless you’re referring to chatgpt 3.5 turbo from like 3 years ago no modern AI works like this
Related: BullshitBench V2 (it’ll take a minute to load).