Humans rely more than ever on AI for information and help with a myriad of routine tasks. But it's a weird symbiotic relationship because AI gleans its data from human activity on the web, dipping even into the pool of casual bloggers. I've noticed an unusual uptick in my traffic and suspect it is more from AI bots scraping my data (and maybe yours, too) than random people searching the Internet. Bots have an insatiable appetite, aptly addressed in an article (hopefully written by a
human)
HERE. The fact that we incidentally feed a beast that learns from us was of no consequence to the squirrel, however, on a blue sky day when I met real and fake creatures along my way, inspiring my poem below. You might also enjoy reading AI's beautifully and instantly crafted response (bottom of post) when I asked it to compare itself to humans.
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I don't consciously seek ai, but if it comes up in a search, I do read it. Great photos
ReplyDelete...I must say that Google searches with AI are better, but not perfect.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos and wonderful poem ~ always delightful thoughts here ~ You surprised me with AI info ~ AI is not 'my cup of tea' ~ would rather do things myself ~ this world coming up worries me but not my concern really ~ but it seems to be deteriorating fast ~ sigh ~ Hugs,
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The squirrel portrait is amazing! Love the detail and the calm stare. He appears to be well fed!
ReplyDeleteGreat scenery.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed very much reading. A lovely Post.
ReplyDeleteLove your poem A very good description of the 'fake' one. I discovered the same that my views went up significantly and got told about the scraping bots. Quite a weird awareness. Life is changing quickly. I am particularly afraid of AI when it will come into the wrong hands and it being used for warfare and the like. I do see some advantages as well. I do volunteer work teaching and Ai prepares the lessons how I want it to be and translates it too with pronunciation in the refugee's language. It helps the student a lot and saves me lots of time. So there are good and bad developments, I think.
ReplyDeleteLoved the way you framed AI as an unconscious pretender, both clever and unsettling.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this information. I cannot imagine how they could possibly use my poems . All very scary. That A1 response was aptly described, clever and unsettling. Somehow I am hoping the human emotions and feelings will never be successfully copied and will ultimately triumph. Even though I understand how AI can be extremely valuable and useful it will undoubtedly be used for evil. God help us all !
ReplyDeleteIt seems we do have to come to terms with AI now, and in some ways it is useful. But yes, I'm glad to be human instead.
ReplyDeleteWhat an absolutely gorgeous and wise post this week! Loved every bit of it! Do robots dream?
ReplyDeleteWonderful images and super words.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you. AI sure has been scraping our words & thoughts and this beast is growing and is here to stay...
I am glad in our blog community we all use our imaginations to create our own voices and especially your vibrant posts. It’s good to keep up with technology but sometimes words and pictures are prefect! Jae
ReplyDeleteGoogle lied to me, a very serious situatlion for me:
ReplyDeleteAll of a sudden I remembered that I hadn't renewed my FCC Ham Radio license;
I googled him see when it would expire;
He told me that it had expired in 2011 and lapsed so long it could not be renewed;
He also told me that my call sign had been given in 2013 to another so I couldn't get it back;
I hadn't use my radio since 1999 but wanted to keep it for when I could put up an antenna;
So I fished around to see who was having it now, important for me since I'de had it since 1961 and perhaps the new owner wasn't using it;
My call letters were K1TLT, a very enviable call but the Internet always showing my old stuff, no help doing that;
So, I like that short word, I checked with the FCC;
FCC told me that my liscence was still valid and would expire in June, 2027.
Bummer that google for me.
Perhaps it was getting even for me not capitalizing his name. I really don't like google, I use Bing on my computer, but stuck with lier google on my cell phone. There few others I don't capitalize, the most famous is trump.
I agree with Jae...I love our blog community and all the creativity we have here in our unique posts! Hugs, Diane
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ReplyDeleteAwesome closeup of the squirrels. I also like the decorative critters. I am not a fan of AI and try not to use it, some images really look fake or just unbelievable. Love your poem! Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend.
i really enjoyed your images, all of them and especially the fun ones!! i know very little about AI, i'm sure i have never used it. the problem with it is, now everything i see i have to ask the hubs if it is real or AI generated. is there a benefit to having it?? maybe, i guess, but i am too old to realize it!!
ReplyDeleteI really love your poem. The AI self description is a little scary.
ReplyDeleteThat first poem of yours made me feel so sad. I'd rather feel, and burn and grieve than be numb. That is what makes us human.
ReplyDeleteI too have noticed the increase in hits to my blog, and there seems to be no way of stopping it. As long as it’s not malicious, I suppose there is no harm to it, but it makes it impossible to know the number of ‘real’ hits. All the best - David
ReplyDeleteYour squirrel portrait is gorgeous! I love all your images but this one and your fairy holding onto the light and the glass hummingbird is stunning! I have also had an inordinate number of suspected bots and have heard the same thing from other bloggers. The genie is out of that bottle and I wonder where it will all end. Your poem is awesome. Definitely wondering where all this AI will take us. I have dabbled.
ReplyDeleteI love your photos, especially the closeup of the squirrel!
ReplyDeleteI love this thoughtful post about AI and how we feed it... feeding it lies is apparently big at the moment.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photo of the squirrel.
ReplyDeleteI’m marveled with your wording, Maria, as always. Especially "the ghost of a library”, “no footsteps echoing in the hall” is perfectly fitting for AI. In the works of art, I love human touch. When efficiency looks to be more and more demanded instead of taking time, AI would be helpful. But it all depends on the attitude of a creator.
ReplyDeleteMy wording is the top poem but the wording you cite from the piece at the end of the post belongs to AI, likely influenced by poetry current and of old, Stardust. You remind me that we are the creators of AI and our attitudes and intentions matter but like so many of humanity's creations, things can get out of hand.
DeleteI asked Deepseek, because I trust the Chinese more anyone else and I got this (amongst some other relevant info):
ReplyDeleteIn the vast majority of cases, AI training bots and search engine crawlers do NOT contribute to your analytics view count because they don't run the tracking JavaScript.