Spraying cats with water as a form of discipline is generally not recommended, as it can have unintended negative consequences. While it might stop the behavior in the moment, it doesn’t teach your cat why the behavior is unwanted and can harm your relationship with them.
Why it’s not ideal:
1. Breaks trust:
Cats may associate you, not the behavior, with the negative experience, which could lead to fear or anxiety around you.
2. Doesn’t address the cause:
Cats misbehave for a reason (e.g., boredom, stress, or instinctual behaviors). Spraying them doesn’t solve the underlying issue.
3. May lead to stress:
Repeated negative reinforcement can create stress, which might make your cat more likely to misbehave or develop health issues.
Better Alternatives:
• Redirect behavior: If your cat is scratching furniture, provide a scratching post nearby and encourage its use with positive reinforcement (e.g., treats, praise).
• Positive reinforcement: Reward good behavior with treats, toys, or affection.
• Modify the environment: Make undesirable behaviors harder. For example:
• Use double-sided tape on furniture to deter scratching.
• Place motion-activated deterrents (air sprayers or alarms) where you don’t want the cat to go.
• Address needs: Ensure your cat has enough stimulation (toys, climbing spaces, playtime) and access to resources (litter boxes, scratching posts).
If the behavior persists, it might be worth consulting a vet or animal behaviorist to rule out any medical or psychological issues. Would you like advice on handling a specific behavior?
Except when it hallucinates, draws from biased sources, or straight-up responds with false information.
I’d rather look through the available links myself and research the direct source things came from. AI isn’t trained to look specifically for factual information. Unfortunately, a lot of people aren’t trained for that, either. But we can still educate ourselves. Relying on a bot is putting one more space between the information you receive and the source that created it.
I’d rather get my information from as close to the original source as possible. Only then can I determine if the source is even worth trusting in the first place.
Thanks for replying. I prefer when people actually articulate their disapproval to something than just downvote it, as it allows the other person to understand more.
Your comment is very reasonable and it makes me think that I perhaps give them too much credit when it’s a subject I’m not an expert in. We have embraced LLMs at work as software engineers for small company and it allows us to save so much time on the stuff we do over and over again. But that because we know the subject matter and it’s quite easier to see when they’re hallucinating. I should be more cautious when using them for stuff I’m not familiar with.
At work I work for a good company and we save so much time making enterprise software using LLMs as tools that we recently got a pay rise and reduction of hours in the same day.
That’s all lies. I’ve sprayed my cat like 5 times in his life, and lo and behold, he doesn’t do the dumbasses things that got him sprayed anymore.
I, too, like to ignore evidence in order to keep my preconceived bias.
ChatGPT
Spraying cats with water as a form of discipline is generally not recommended, as it can have unintended negative consequences. While it might stop the behavior in the moment, it doesn’t teach your cat why the behavior is unwanted and can harm your relationship with them.
Why it’s not ideal:
1. Breaks trust:
Cats may associate you, not the behavior, with the negative experience, which could lead to fear or anxiety around you.
2. Doesn’t address the cause:
Cats misbehave for a reason (e.g., boredom, stress, or instinctual behaviors). Spraying them doesn’t solve the underlying issue.
3. May lead to stress:
Repeated negative reinforcement can create stress, which might make your cat more likely to misbehave or develop health issues.
Better Alternatives:
• Redirect behavior: If your cat is scratching furniture, provide a scratching post nearby and encourage its use with positive reinforcement (e.g., treats, praise).
• Positive reinforcement: Reward good behavior with treats, toys, or affection.
• Modify the environment: Make undesirable behaviors harder. For example:
• Use double-sided tape on furniture to deter scratching.
• Place motion-activated deterrents (air sprayers or alarms) where you don’t want the cat to go.
• Address needs: Ensure your cat has enough stimulation (toys, climbing spaces, playtime) and access to resources (litter boxes, scratching posts).
If the behavior persists, it might be worth consulting a vet or animal behaviorist to rule out any medical or psychological issues. Would you like advice on handling a specific behavior?
Sprays chatgpt
😂.
That made me chuckle. Naughty LLM.
On a level though I don’t really get the disdain for them as search is a nightmare now and it’s a lot easier to just get the LLM to do it for you.
Except when it hallucinates, draws from biased sources, or straight-up responds with false information.
I’d rather look through the available links myself and research the direct source things came from. AI isn’t trained to look specifically for factual information. Unfortunately, a lot of people aren’t trained for that, either. But we can still educate ourselves. Relying on a bot is putting one more space between the information you receive and the source that created it.
I’d rather get my information from as close to the original source as possible. Only then can I determine if the source is even worth trusting in the first place.
When I use LLMs for search, I always ask for sources and then follow up.
Thanks for replying. I prefer when people actually articulate their disapproval to something than just downvote it, as it allows the other person to understand more.
Your comment is very reasonable and it makes me think that I perhaps give them too much credit when it’s a subject I’m not an expert in. We have embraced LLMs at work as software engineers for small company and it allows us to save so much time on the stuff we do over and over again. But that because we know the subject matter and it’s quite easier to see when they’re hallucinating. I should be more cautious when using them for stuff I’m not familiar with.
At work I work for a good company and we save so much time making enterprise software using LLMs as tools that we recently got a pay rise and reduction of hours in the same day.
No thanks, the spraying worked.
They call that anecdotal evidence, but if you actually look at the research then on the whole it is not ideal to do.
That said you do you it ain’t my cat.