@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotThis evening I have been listening to one of @… 's podcasts and thinking about my failure in trying to lead the village's planning working group, and about the cognitive dissonance underlying my Tricycle project. I suspect this essay will be a grim read; it's not well formed in my mind as I sit down to write.
@jake4480@c.imI love the cognitive dissonance the people making the 'AI' have to employ. They're like it's amazing, the way of the future, hugely important, shouldn't be regulated, but.... it's often inaccurate and potentially incredibly dangerous
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioI see that with a lot of criticism of generative "AI"—people state that obviously it's completely unreliable and untrustworthy for _their domain of expertise_ but they'll somehow gladly use it for other stuff.
I believe this cognitive dissonance has to do with how the chatbots pretend to be humans and trick us to assume agency when there is none.
Anyway, as I said otherwise it's great, you should read it: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioWhat @… said here, and so well said.
Note that deciding it’s the wrong time to rub somebody’s nose in how incredibly wrong they were doesn’t make them any less wrong. Listening is not the same thing as accepting. Sometimes it’s a moment to say “you dumbass,” and sometimes it’s a moment to say “And how did that work out for you?” The wise know the difference.
People who were taken in by the likes of these scammers •can• walk out of it in moments of cognitive dissonance — and if you’re in a position to do what Luna describes with someone you know, you might just change a life.
https://defcon.social/@corbden/115329960629783431
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioTo be clear, the point is not Reagan Was A Model To Follow Actually.
The point is cognitive dissonance.
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioThe very little I know (•very• little! grain of salt!) about getting people out of a cult is that arguing with them just makes them dig in — but gentle, persistent questioning that leads to ever-increasing cumulative cognitive dissonance can actually help them find their way out of the psychological maze. Repeated •questions• — just questions — sustained over time. Make the constructed reality require more and more work to maintain. Make the pile of nagging doubts get larger and larger. Be patient and be persistent.