This one made me giggle
Here’s a big one:
CHATGPT.
Ugh.
I am so annoyed with its existence and also with STUDENTS USING IT. WHY?? Why do I want to read stuff a robot wrote? HOW IS THAT HELPING ANYONE? I just. UGH.
(But, the kids really wanted Dominos the other night and Ben and I were not home, so we said sure (I hate chain pizza), and Alexa can relay delivery updates for Dominos, so that was pretty cool. NOT ALL AI IS BAD.)
The cold weather is stirring up hostility, too (even though it’s November and really very pleasant all things considered. And yes, apocalyptic climate change is one of the things in there).
MY HANDS ARE THE HANDS OF A WITHERED OLD CRONE— that’s making me have hostile thoughts.
THERE IS SOMEONE WHISTLING IN THE HALL OUTSIDE MY OFFICE and it is driving me absolutely bonkers.
Gah.
Oh my gosh, you guys.THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT EASILY SPRING TO MIND.
And then. I mean. ALL OF THE OTHER FEELINGS, like the ones spurred by this pic
The whistling one is my fav. Sounds like at least they're having a good day? :)
ReplyDeleteMy older son was telling me about all his friends who use AI to do assignments, etc., but then fail their midterms. I was shocked and he said it is currently really hard for profs to be able to tell what is AI and what isn't. It's very disheartening. Also also also I was talking to my friend's husband and he asked what I was doing, then suggested *I* use AI to write my novel. I just could not even. "It's a great tool!" WHAT NO. Also my hands are also withered old crone but that's nothing new. It's SO dry here and after the humidity of Italy I feel like I'm a crumpled up paper bag.
ReplyDeleteMy hands are entering a similar state. Gah the dry weather is so tough!! I feel ragey about a lot of things, too. A whistler would really push me over the edge!! I have yet to use AI but am not surprised that young people are abusing it. Phil said he will use it if a sentence in what he is writing isn’t flowing well. That’s a great use for it. Writing a whole paper? Terrible.
ReplyDeleteHostile is a good word for this November! (oh wait- isn't is supposed to be something like "gratitude?" Whatever.)
ReplyDeleteI recently returned from a one month work trip in a tropical climate and my skin has FULL ON REVOLTED to the (mildly) cold, dry weather. Within three days of returning from the tropics I bought a high powered humidifier in a panic over my parched and sad skin. (Tropics makes it sounds glamorous; it was not. I threw out a bathing suit because it never dried and attracted bugs. STILL NOT OVER IT. But, my skin was incredible. Ying/yang.)
ReplyDeleteOur janitor and IT guy are whistlers. Thanks, I hate it.
ReplyDeleteIf someone whistles well and it is transient, I like it because it reminds me of my dad, who can whistle Rhapsody in Blue. If it goes on and I'm trying to concentrate on something else, it is not good.
ReplyDeleteA couple of resource teachers were in the library working this morning, which is great, but one of them kept sniffing like a six-year-old, like, dude, you're an adult, blow your damn nose.
You and Minnie are smushable!
AI does have its upsides and downsides. I my kid's ENglish teacher claimed he has a 6th sense for AI written assays - wonder if that is true. It has gotten pretty good. If the internet ever fails us the future is doomed.
ReplyDeleteThere was a woman who started attending our writing group. We welcome anyone who wants to join, but she started telling all of us that we should be using AI when we write. What? Um, NOPE. She demonstrated rude behavior regularly and finally stopped showing up.
ReplyDeleteLad whistled non stop during covid when we were all trying to live under one roof and not kill each other, and that was almost the end of us civilly coexisting.
I'd say the most hostility I've experienced lately revolves around our phone nightmare.
Whistling can drive me nuts. I hear the power in the cables when I have a migraine. No one believes me but it drives my brain bonkers. So I can only image a loud whistle...
ReplyDeleteI would like to know more about your thoughts on AI/ChatGPT in education and how to have students keep thinking and learning to think. I bet that will be tough come years.
There used to be an employee in the maintenance at the apartment complex next to us, that would SING full out, but it was more like yelling, and it would drive my daughter nuts and made her feel hostile. He was singing in Spanish, so we never knew what he was singing. He would also laugh REALLY LOUDLY, and that drove her over the edge.
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