• razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    There are valid reasons for disliking AI (rather, how it’s being used) and I’ll upvote when a relevant, informed argument is made against it. Otherwise I’ll mentally filter out the low-effort comments that just say “fuck AI” with dozens of upvotes.

  • Rose@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    The currently hot LLM technology is very interesting and I believe it has legitimate use cases. If we develop them into tools that help assist work. (For example, I’m very intrigued by the stuff that’s happening in the accessibility field.)

    I mostly have problem with the AI business. Ludicruous use cases (shoving AI into places where it has no business in). Sheer arrogance about the sociopolitics in general. Environmental impact. LLMs aren’t good enough for “real” work, but snake oil salesmen keep saying they can do that, and uncritical people keep falling for it.

    And of course, the social impact was just not what we were ready for. “Move fast and break things” may be a good mantra for developing tech, but not for releasing stuff that has vast social impact.

    I believe the AI business and the tech hype cycle is ultimately harming the field. Usually, AI technologies just got gradually developed and integrated to software where they served purpose. Now, it’s marred with controversy for decades to come.

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    2 months ago

    The reason most web forum posters hate AI is because AI is ruining web forums by polluting it with inauthentic garbage. Don’t be treating it like it’s some sort of irrational bandwagon.

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    Not all AI is bad. But there’s enough widespread AI that’s helping cut jobs, spreading misinformation (or in some cases, actual propaganda), creating deepfakes, etc, that in many people’s eyes, it paints a bad picture of AI overall. I also don’t trust AI because it’s almost exclusively owned by far right billionaires.

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    2 months ago

    Distributed platform owned by no one founded by people who support individual control of data and content access

    Majority of users are proponents of owning what one makes and supporting those who create art and entertainment

    AI industry shits on above comments by harvesting private data and creative work without consent or compensation, along with being a money, energy, and attention tar pit

    Buddy, do you know what you’re here for?

    EDIT: removed bot accusation, forgot to check user history

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      2 months ago

      Or are you yet another bot lost in the shuffle?

      Yes, good job, anybody with opinions you don’t like is a bot.

      It’s not like this was even a pro-AI post rather than just pointing out that even the most facile “ai bad, applause please” stuff will get massively upvoted

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          Why would you lend and credence to the weakest appeal to the masses presented on the site?

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          2 months ago

          HaVe YoU ConSiDeReD thE PoSSiBiLiTY that I’m not pro-AI and I understand the downsides, and can still point out that people flock like lemmings (*badum tss*) to any “AI bad” post regardless of whether it’s actually good or not?

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            Ok, so your point is: Look! People massively agree with an idea that makes sense and it’s true.

            Color me surprised…

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            2 months ago

            Why would a post need to be good? It just needs a good point. Like this post is good enough, even if I don’t agree that we have enough facile ai = posts.

            Depends on the community, but for most of them pointing out ways that ai is bad is probably relevant, welcome, and typical.

      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Yeah, I guess that was a bit too far, posted before I checked the user history or really gave it time to sit in my head.

        Still, this kind of meme is usually used to imply that the comment is just a trend rather than a legitimate statement.

  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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    Reminder that Lemmy is typically older and older people are usually more conservative about things. Sure, politcially, Lemmy leans left, but technologically, Lemmy is very conservative.

    Like for example, you see people on Lemmy say they’ll switch to a dumbphone, but that’s probably even more insecure, and they could’ve just used Lineage OS or something and it would be far more private.

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    2 months ago

    I’m a lot more sick of the word ‘slop’ than I am of AI. Please, when you criticize AI, form an original thought next time.

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    2 months ago

    I find it very funny how just a mere mention of the two letters A and I will cause some people to seethe and fume, and go on rants about how much they hate AI, like a conservative upon seeing the word “pronouns.”