What I hate most about A.I. chatbots...

Synchopathy is an issue with all AI Chatbots. I have an anti-synchopathy section in both my Claude and ChatGPT global instructions, which sometimes works.

Damn - how many times do you have to correct it?

It sounds like that AI chatbot is set to treat you the way you treat your wife when you don't want to get into an argument.

I wonder if that a learned behavior by the AI?

I think the kind of things chatbots are used for are the exact tasks where arse kissing helps engagement and isn't too harmful.

Gemini is best for being told you are wrong, but it is also stubborn as heck to do any real research so it'll tell you that you are wrong just because it doesn't have the current information yet. ChatGPT and copilot will celebrate you when you're not even close.

If you're doing anything but simple Q&A you should really be using an agent like cline (claude-dev) though. I never get an arse-kissing feel running through that. I also think you choose your words better when the CLI has access to your entire machine.

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choose your words better when the CLI has access to your entire machine

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for some reason that tickled me.

"choose your next words carefully; remember you gave me full admin access to your server"

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some of the things I have done in grafting trees, BBQ and disc golf are: total pro moves.

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that brings up a great point; what have you used AI for lately?

*excluding work stuff because thats way too much and way too boring for anyone on this board*

- monster of a home assistant project (still going)
- solved a tricky sonos/plex music playback issue that has been going on for a year and which nobody has responded to on the sonos forums (insidious! let me know if you want me to give you the answer)
- helping to spec out network topology for a friend's gargantuan house
- helping spec out HA devices; whole house energy monitoring, robot vacs & plumbing, optimal outdoor locations for cameras and wifi access points, leak monitors & auto-water shutoff devices, building and maintaing a massive project worksheet, punch lists for electricians, contractors and plumbers...
- even BIGGER ome assistant project for same friend
- helping fix weather station problems
- diagnosing why my daughter's car was smoking (nailed it with one photo)
- cleaning up 2 handwritten notes i made with multiple pen colors then took photos of with my phone for my wife and daughter when they were out of the country and turning it into a pdf so the pilot who's plane they were flying on could print them out and make them look like the originals (nailed this one)
- designed my bathroom remodel (end result looks 95% as good as the AI rendering)
- helped design my shed deck (after suggestions from the home board)
- diagnosed an annoying issue with my e30 shifter that i would have never figured out on my own
- upscaled bushwacker and margarita recipes to 5 gallons each to feed into a frozen drink machine and spit out my shopping list (freaking delicious end results)
- found and replicated the old Cafe Adobe seafood enchiladas recipe even though its been closed for years. this was amazing


those are off the top of my head but i use it so much these days i don't even think about it...

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excluding work stuff

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I let it write my briefs and make it a point to include cases that don't exist to make sure the Judge is on his/her toes.

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I just billed a .2 of analysis/strategy time for reading your post.

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I know a real life story from a local firm that's much worse

I used to practice in Ellick. I could probably guess who it was

Not what I would have expected but that is hilarious