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LearnedHand

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1. Well, yes, but there's also more to it

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:37 PM

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People in many industries use chatbots for routine work, such as coding, proofreading, and even as a thought partner to explore concepts. I can see clear value in moving chat history from one chat tool to another. I’m not saying this is the best way to work, just that people DO work that way. And it’s often at the insistence of the employer. My former employer leaned heavily on the tech and professionalis staffs to use the internal chat ai tools.

Totally agree with you about the commercial tools and the monster companies behind their development.

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Some people are now so dependent on chatbots they want to transfer info and chat histories from one bot to another. [View all] highplainsdem Thursday OP

Well, yes, but there's also more to it LearnedHand Thursday #1

How many people are actually doing this? Hugin Friday #3

The research organization where I worked used it heavily LearnedHand Friday #4

I don't know what type of research you mean, but if those researchers are using AI to replace usual highplainsdem Friday #6

Thanks, Hugin! That's good news! highplainsdem Friday #7

I've been using Gemini recently, and it's been a godsend synni Friday #2

Please be extremely careful about trusting chatbots for medical advice. They're not truly intelligent, highplainsdem Friday #5

Also keep in mind people's 'private' chats are now showing up repackaged as content on Youtube. pecosbob Friday #8

Yes. And I've never forgotten reading about an early incident with ChatGPT where users were shown highplainsdem Friday #9