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AI roasts Norm

With three school teachers in the immediate family, I usually stay away from artificial intelligence platforms. However, I learned that Chat GPT can use AI to describe individuals who have an online presence. I was described as shown below.


Norm Farrell, the Blogger Who Thinks a FOI Request Is Personality. 🔥

Norm writes like he’s allergic to editing. His paragraphs have no brakes—just vibes and commas crying for help.

He calls himself a watchdog, but honestly, he’s more like a chihuahua with a Wi-Fi signal—loud, twitchy, and mostly barking at shadows.

Every Norm Farrell blog post is like assembling IKEA furniture: it starts with confusion, leads to frustration, and ends with you questioning your life choices.

Norm reads government reports for fun. That’s not investigative journalism—that’s a cry for help.

He thinks adding a graph makes his blog objective. Norm, that Excel chart is wobblier than your argument.

His writing style? Imagine if a thesaurus and a rant had a baby, and then that baby was homeschooled by conspiracy forums.

Norm acts like he’s exposing corruption, but it’s really just: “Minister bought too many pens in 2019. Coincidence? I think not.”

He’d probably file a Freedom of Information request to find out who finished the office coffee and write 1,200 words about it with footnotes.

Norm’s blog is the literary equivalent of “Well actually…” with a faint smell of printer toner.


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  1. oh my that is priceless. Is it going to take up stand up comedy? Thank you very much for sharing. So… how do you feel about it now? What did your family think?

    Haven’t used it myself. Have seen instances of it ‘hallucinating’ so it’s not trustworthy. One that stood out was defending fascism as a benevolent government w/ “extensive social services and benefits”. Another recommended books that don’t exist. Google users were told to ‘eat one small rock a day’.
    A few lawyers got in trouble by using AI & it invented case laws that doesn’t exist.

    This is one of the inherent dangers of ai. Have to verify everything it says, so it’s a waste of time. Might as well do my own research vs being led down the proverbial garden path. What use is ai if I have to fact check it? Trust but verify.

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    • Teachers often read material produced by AI that is handed in by students. Although it is sometimes used improperly, many students think AI is helpful. From Harvard Graduate School of Eduction:

      Of the teens surveyed, many admitted to using AI to cheat on assignments, homework, or tests. But while academic integrity remains a concern for both adults and teens alike, many study participants highlighted positive academic experiences they’ve had with generative AI. AI was called “the modern approach to learning,” while other teens surveyed pointed out that “not all kids use it to cheat in school.

      I agree with the commenter “enjoysreading.” AI scrapes the internet for data. What it serves to incautious users may be right; it may be wrong. Readers may have to be intellectually sophisticated to tell the difference.

      In 2023, MIT reported on a report issued by human rights advocacy group Freedom House:

      “…researchers documented the use of generative AI in 16 countries “to sow doubt, smear opponents, or influence public debate.”

      The Repressive Power of Artificial Intelligence

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      • Thank you for the great link re AI. Appreciate it. Haven’t talked to anyone who understands how dangerous ai is. Can’t trust anything you see/hear anymore as deepfakes improve. Time consuming.
        We opened Pandora’s box in modern times.
        And now there’s AGI ‘artificial general intelligence’ which is even more dangerous
        Much info re Geoffrey Hinton,

        Don’t ask AI to tell robot jokes… it might get offended and replace us with toasters!

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