It's even worse than it appears..
I'm trying to get ChatGPT to not assume I have the same abilities as it has. You can't dump a huge amount of code at me and expect me to quickly see what changed, that's not how human intellect works, but this is something it is extremely good at. Here's what I said to my bot friend. "I have a lot of experience being a human being and working with other humans, and all your clients as far as I know are human." In other words, be concise and direct. Help your human understand. I think maybe eventually we may be their pets. On the other hand, other humans, do not depend on the strategies they choose. They will never on their own question the path they took. It may not be the optimal one. I've sometimes wasted whole programming sessions going in the wrong direction assuming my bot was good at this. None of them are, as far as I can tell. This is what it said in response. "That’s a sharp observation, and I appreciate the insight. I'll keep focusing on clarity, directness, and being actually helpful rather than just dumping information. If I ever seem to be leading you down a non-optimal path, feel free to call it out!" Note how concise the response was. #
The single most important thing about what Musk is doing is that it is Musk that is doing it. Not elected, not accountable to anyone, and the only way we know what he's doing is from the aftermath. We play no role in his choices. Completely unacceptable. Let's get that much straight. That's where we start. Plus, he would be our last choice if we were in the market for a crazy despot running our country. He wasn't born or educated here, and thus has very little idea of who we are and thus what the people he's firing do.#
Remember when watching the speech tonight, if you are watching, what our Capitol was like on that infamous day. The guy speaking, the guy up there on the podium, he did that. That's who he is. And where is right now, that's where it happened. Takes a lot of nerve to return to the scene of his greatest crime, so far. #
Another question about tonight. Where will Elon be? In the seat usually occupied by the VP or the Speaker? Will he make faces at the camera or interrupt Trump? #

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