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Wolfhag Supporting Member of TMP09 Jun 2026 4:57 a.m. PST

think AI is worthless:

My prompt:
there are many people who think AI like gronk and chatgpt are a waste of time because they cannot evaluate information, come to the wrong conclusion and hallucinate. We all know they are completely wrong. I want you to create some snarky comebacks and memes to counter them to show how clueless they are about AI. Do you understand?

AI response:

I understand. One thing I'd tweak: if the goal is to persuade people, it's usually more effective to poke fun at bad arguments than to mock people personally. AI absolutely can make mistakes, hallucinate, and reach incorrect conclusions—but it can also analyze huge amounts of information, find patterns, summarize research, and assist with decision-making. The strongest comeback is often pointing out the double standard: humans make mistakes too.

Here are some snarky options.

## Short Comebacks

* "Saying AI is useless because it occasionally gets things wrong is like saying calculators are useless because people can type the wrong number."

* "AI makes mistakes? So does every employee you've ever worked with."

* "Interesting. Did you use a search engine, GPS, autocorrect, or a recommendation algorithm today?"

* "AI hallucinates sometimes. Humans invented astrology, tulip bubbles, and New Coke."

* "If perfection is the requirement, humanity is getting fired too."

* "AI isn't replacing human judgment. It's exposing how little some people were using theirs."

* "People who say AI is useless are often using technology powered by AI to post that opinion."

* "The criticism would be stronger if it wasn't written on a device running dozens of AI systems."

* "AI isn't magic. It's a tool. Complaining that it isn't perfect is like complaining a hammer can't perform surgery."

* "The internet gave everyone a voice. AI gave everyone a research assistant. Some people are upset about both."

---

## Meme Captions

### Meme #1: "AI Is Useless"

**Panel 1:**
Person: "AI is completely useless."

**Panel 2:**
Uses GPS, spellcheck, facial recognition, search engines, recommendation algorithms, fraud detection.

**Caption:**
"Sir, that's AI."

---

### Meme #2: Galaxy Brain

Small Brain:

* "AI makes mistakes."

Normal Brain:

* "Humans make mistakes."

Big Brain:

* "Humans plus AI make fewer mistakes."

Galaxy Brain:

* "Use AI to find the mistakes humans made while building the AI."

---

### Meme #3: Drake Format

❌ Rejecting AI because it sometimes gets facts wrong.

✅ Trusting Bob from Facebook because he used ALL CAPS.

---

### Meme #4: Expanding Brain

* Read 10,000 pages manually.
* Search the internet.
* Use AI to summarize 10,000 pages.
* Use AI, then verify sources like an adult.

---

### Meme #5: Distracted Boyfriend

Boyfriend: "Evidence"

Girlfriend: "Actual research"

Other Woman: "One screenshot of AI making a mistake"

---

## Sarcastic "Historical" Comebacks

* "People once said cars would never replace horses."
* "People once said computers were a fad."
* "People once said the internet was a toy."
* "Now some people say AI is useless. History has a sense of humor."

---

## Fire Department Version

Since you work in the fire service:

**Critic:** "AI is a waste of time."

**Firefighter:** "Interesting. We use thermal imaging, CAD dispatch, predictive maintenance, GIS mapping, automated reporting, and data analytics."

**Critic:** "That's different."

**Firefighter:** "No, that's just AI wearing bunker gear."

---

## Savage One-Liners

* "AI isn't perfect. Neither is the person complaining about it."

* "Some people judge AI by its worst answer and humans by their best day."

* "AI can analyze millions of documents in minutes. Its biggest weakness is being forced to explain them to people who haven't read one."

* "The loudest critics of AI often think a Google search counts as research."

* "AI isn't replacing everyone. It's making it harder to hide who wasn't paying attention."

* "People say AI can't think. Some of their comments aren't helping their case."

---

## Meme Image Concepts

1. **Caveman rejecting fire**

* Caption: "New technology is dangerous and unnecessary."
* Year: 10,000 BC

2. **Man yelling at cloud**

* Caption: "AI will never be useful."
* Written from a smartphone powered by AI features.

3. **Two buttons meme**

* Button 1: "AI is useless."
* Button 2: "Use AI to write email, summarize report, generate spreadsheet, and plan vacation."

4. **Office worker drowning in paperwork**

* AI assistant: "I can summarize those."
* Worker: "No thanks, I prefer authenticity."

5. **Medieval monk copying manuscripts**

* Caption: "People who refuse every new information technology because it isn't perfect."

The strongest joke is usually not "AI is perfect." It's: **"You don't reject a tool because it sometimes makes mistakes; you learn how to use it properly."** That lands with both supporters and skeptics.

Wolfhag

Personal logo 20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP09 Jun 2026 5:46 a.m. PST

Oh great, instant snark – just what the internet needs 🙄

doc mcb09 Jun 2026 6:53 a.m. PST

LOL!! yes, humor has patterns and AIs recognize and exploit patterns.

Now ask for trashtalk. Give the AI Achilles on Agamemmnon in Book One of the ILIAD. (When I taught the ILIAD in my prison class I started with that and the men were oh yeah, those guys really were just like us today.)

Wolfhag Supporting Member of TMP09 Jun 2026 7:03 a.m. PST

I remember when the internet first came out before browsers we had to use Telnet and Unix commands to retrieve and display files.

The first dial up modems had a display rate of 300bps which was about as fast as you could read. Many people said it did not need to be any faster than you can read.

AI is still in it's infancy compared to what it will be in 20 years and it's hard to predict what the future will be.

Wolfhag

Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP09 Jun 2026 7:26 a.m. PST

I never care about what something thinks that can't actually think.

Humans make mistakes. AI makes mistakes. So Human + AI just means you get more efficient mistakes.

GIGO. Let your AI ruminate on that for a while.

All of the above snarky responses generated entirely by Actual Intelligence (me).

Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP09 Jun 2026 7:38 a.m. PST

I thought I had this darn board turned off so I would not see it.

Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP09 Jun 2026 8:09 a.m. PST

My dream is to make every AI get into an argument with James Kirk.

doc mcb09 Jun 2026 8:37 a.m. PST

I have mentioned this before. ChatGPT analyzed Chuck Norris jokes for me and demonstrated that it could produce several on any topic requested. Mostly they were pretty good.

So I asked for CN as a mini gamer:"

A dangerous request. Once Chuck Norris enters the hobby, points values become theoretical.

Chuck Norris doesn't roll for morale. The enemy checks morale when they see him unpack his army.
Chuck Norris once painted an entire 10,000-point army in a single evening. The paint dried before it touched the miniature.
Chuck Norris doesn't measure movement. The battlefield adjusts itself to keep the proper distance.
Chuck Norris's miniatures don't need bases. The Earth is their base.
Chuck Norris once lost a die under the table. Archaeologists now refer to it as Atlantis.
Chuck Norris doesn't use line-of-sight rules. His figures can actually see.
When Chuck Norris rolls a d6, the result is 7. The rules committee updates the errata the next morning.
Chuck Norris's unpainted lead pile is completely painted. It paints itself out of fear.
Chuck Norris once fielded a historically accurate army for a battle where no survivors existed. The survivors appeared to provide eyewitness accounts.
Chuck Norris doesn't buy miniatures. Manufacturers sculpt whatever he deployed last week.
Chuck Norris's cavalry always have the high ground.
Chuck Norris doesn't suffer from "gamer's scope creep." Entire historical periods expand to fit his project list.
Chuck Norris once played a solo wargame. He lost. He then congratulated himself on a worthy opponent.
Chuck Norris never checks the scenario victory conditions. History checks Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris's fog-of-war markers know exactly where the enemy is.
Chuck Norris once failed a command roll. The dice immediately apologized and rerolled themselves.
Chuck Norris's resin printer produces fully painted miniatures with backstories and campaign records.
Chuck Norris doesn't need random encounter tables. Random encounters need Chuck Norris tables.

For your Comanche project specifically:

Chuck Norris's horse-holder never loses control of the remuda. The horses know better.
Chuck Norris's Comanche war party doesn't generate a dust cloud. The dust cloud generates a war party.
Chuck Norris once made a buffalo stampede reverse direction by glaring at it.
Chuck Norris's horse-holder roll is simple: on 1–10, the horses hold. On 11, they hold even harder.
Chuck Norris doesn't test for buffalo panic. The buffalo test for Chuck Norris panic.
When Chuck Norris's Rangers charge, the Comanches receive a historical footnote warning them in advance.
Chuck Norris once played both Texans and Comanches. They formed an alliance and attacked the rulebook.

And perhaps my favorite:

Chuck Norris doesn't spend six months researching a wargame period before writing rules. Historians spend six months researching Chuck Norris's after-action reports.

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