Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot

Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by mabbo on Friday August 18, 2023 @08:27AM (#37174713)

I know this is funny and LLMs and all that, but it's worth mentioning that the Ottawa food bank are good folks and can always use donations.

https://www.ottawafoodbank.ca/

I recently learned that a friend from high school passed away. I hadn't seen her in twenty years almost. She'd been living rough in Ottawa for a few years and the Ottawa food bank was almost certainly one of the groups that had been helping her out. I'm still trying to find out more about what happened with her, but in the meantime I'm making donations to organizations like this one in her name.

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Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by masakreTech on Friday August 18, 2023 @09:40AM (#37175489)

you didn't see her in 20 years and now you feel bad about her?

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Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by mptest on Friday August 18, 2023 @09:47AM (#37175558)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy

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Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by Loughla on Friday August 18, 2023 @09:48AM (#37175565)

What was the purpose of this line of questioning? I genuinely want to know.

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Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by Verdex on Friday August 18, 2023 @10:01AM (#37175734)

As a side effect of getting older, you're eligible to have friends that you haven't seen in very long periods of time. Just because you're old enough for that amount of time to have passed.

I was talking to my grandparents a number of years ago and they were talking about some good friends they have. Which they haven't seen in over 40 years. This is sometimes just a thing that happens.

ALSO, 'ask not for whom the bell tolls'. I didn't even know about this person until now, but I still feel bad for her.

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Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by LocalH on Friday August 18, 2023 @10:18AM (#37175960)

Good faith commentary, please.

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Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by Kerb_ on Friday August 18, 2023 @10:29AM (#37176152)

Genuine question, no snark intended. You only feel emotions about people you have maintained contact with your whole life?

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Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by nsavage on Friday August 18, 2023 @10:02AM (#37175746)

I live in Ottawa and have been donating there for years. Just wish they would send me less junk mail.

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Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by barbazoo on Friday August 18, 2023 @10:44AM (#37176355)

If you're talking about physical mail, orgs like that usually respond positively to asking them to stop.

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Re:Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss”... by tnel77 on Friday August 18, 2023 @10:50AM (#37176462)

Replying to this since the comment I want to reply to is flagged:

It’s okay to fall out of contact with people. You have no responsibility to keep up on every person you have ever been friends with. Some of my best friends are people that are busy living their own lives and then we find time for each other after a five year gap because we both happen to be in a city for work. Get some drinks and catch up. Don’t let people convince you you are supposed to keep tabs on everyone in your life at all times.

Edit: To people downvoting this comment, can you tell me why you disagree? I’m not against checking in on friends and supporting them in times of hardship, but I don’t think that anyone is obligated to take a roll call of their contacts every week/month. If you disagree, tell me why, please.

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