[Ads-l] Slang Sense of "Catfishing"

[Amy West]

On 1/8/24 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Sun, 7 Jan 2024 12:49:27 -0500
> From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Slang Sense of "Catfishing"
>
> If a machine can invent an apposite title like "Love in the Time of Spam,"
> we may as well admit it's over.
>
> I've had even more spectacularly future-dystopic experiences with both
> Google Bard and Bing, but I'll spare you the details.
>
> JL


Just earlier this morning I was wondering about the choice of 
"hallucinate" vs. "fabricate" for AIs making up sh*t.

---Amy West



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