How about word maximum for OP?

[pal]

some write endless monologues

You write German sentences.

 

[Zebra]

Almost all of your posts are brief, concise and get right to the point.

I appreciate that.

It offers a greater opportunity for interchange.

i also try to keep my postings short

 

[pal]

i also try to keep my postings short

Nazi Germany is the big loser in the World War Two as you knows. Western forces pushed nazis as you knows.

 

[pal]

British soldiers pressed indeed nazis.

 

[Lisa558]

yes, endless quotes are also a misery

Another problem is when the libs capture a screen shot of some other woke lib making lib claims, and present that as “evidence” - without even identifying the source,

 

[candycorn]

How about a limit on how many lame suggestions someone can make? I'm sure someone whose names starts with an "L" is well over her limit of outrage.

 

[BackAgain]

Yet some complain they have to watch a 1 minute and 26 second YouTube short

Oh for pity’s sake. Use the YouTube link BUT have a little courtesy. Give your audience at least a hint of why they should look at it. (It’s even required for OP’s.)

 

[BackAgain]

The thing is, folk use the internet to find the answer they were looking for to back their opinion. So it sounds like AI can help them there.

True. But sometimes they get info which makes them at least consider the opposing POV.

Plus, AI can be challenged. Ask about Thing 1 (a theory). Get the standard media spin type answer. Challenge it with facts which ought to make it admit it was wrong.
Often, it apologizes. Then it says why it might have been misled. Usually that’s the imprecise form of the question which caused it to assume stuff. Ask why it made those assumptions. It concedes that it does its thing based on some kind of consensus.

But along the way one can ferret-out useful primary sources.

 

[Zebra]

We have a requirement that OPs have at least two sentences. How about a maximum of, say, seven or eight paragraphs? The OP could SUMMARIZE the content and then link to the full description rather than post an entire book chapter (that is copied and pasted.)

This one is an example of what I mean:

Thread 'The exec branch is at war with the judiciary.'

Mar 21, 2025

History is repeating itself as I write this. The exec branch is at war with the judiciary. The headlines are replete with how Trump is trying to undermine the judiciary who is simply trying to constrain his authoritarian maneuvers. The very fact that Trump is doing this, is further evidence that the judiciary is correct, that Trump is trying to usurp the independence of the judiciary to acquire absolute power.

The founders created three co-equal branches of government precisely to prevent one of the branches from dominating the country where, if that would happen, fascism (tyranny) would...

• Rumpole

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this is the thread topic

 

[Carl in Michigan]

AI is so easily manipulated. I can get three or four completely different 'answers' from AI generated text just by changing the wording of a question.

AI pulls it's information from multiple sources. Probably much more accurate and closer than the truth than any poster here

 

[Delldude]

AI pulls it's information from multiple sources. Probably much more accurate and closer than the truth than any poster here

I've had the same experiences that Foxfyre mentioned. You have to realize AI makes a determination based on both accurate and inaccurate data available.

It's a great place to go to get pointed in the right direction rather than relying on it as a sole source.

 

[Zebra]

candycorn

I've had the same experiences that Foxfyre mentioned. You have to realize AI makes a determination based on both accurate and inaccurate data available.

It's a great place to go to get pointed in the right direction rather than relying on it as a sole source.

ok ...

But i think it is ok for private us
everybody can use it.

it need not be posted in a thread

 

[Foxfyre]

I've had the same experiences that Foxfyre mentioned. You have to realize AI makes a determination based on both accurate and inaccurate data available.

It's a great place to go to get pointed in the right direction rather than relying on it as a sole source.

Thank you for this. Those multiple sources are too often uneducated or politically motivated. With multiple, often uneducated or politically motivated editors, Wikipedia is the same. It's a great place to get names, dates, places, keywords for further research, but is often unreliable as a credible source. AI may eventually put Wiki out of business though because it's usually the first thing you see on any search these days. Wiki used to often be the first info up.

 

[Foxfyre]

AI pulls it's information from multiple sources. Probably much more accurate and closer than the truth than any poster here

Many MANY of those multiple sources are engineered, intended to mislead, are politically motivated or whatever. Some of it is also accurate, but you never know though what you got on the AI info on your computer or phone. So you can call that observation 'fake news' to your heart's content and it won't change the fact that a lot of it is unreliable.

 

[Delldude]

candycorn

ok ...

But i think it is ok for private us
everybody can use it.

it need not be posted in a thread

That's up to the poster IMO.

 

[Zebra]

Many MANY of those multiple sources are engineered, intended to mislead, are politically motivated or whatever. Some of it is also accurate, but you never know though what you got on the AI info on your computer or phone. So you can call that observation 'fake news' to your heart's content and it won't change the fact that a lot of it is unreliable.

true,!

 

[Zebra]

That's up to the poster IMO.

of course
but not all like those loooooooooooong AI postings

 

[task0778]

First, I don't read essays and I suspect many others don't either. If you can't make your point without writing a book, then I won't read it. And I'm not interested in links to hour-long videos either, but to each his own. For those who are interested in essays, maybe the USMB should have an essay forum where you can expound on whatever you like for as long as you like.

 

[Delldude]

of course
but not all like those loooooooooooong AI postings

There's a rule about post lengths.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I would rather be called pithy.

Those with lisps often do.