• WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    For the tools it is actually useful for; everyone has their thing.

    I didn’t say it doesn’t have it’s evils. But it’s like saying the internet was going to be a fad. It’s not going anywhere and people are taking advantage of it. If you’re not keeping up with it, you’re doing yourself a disservice.

    E: and yeah, I know it’s Lemmy and everyone is anti ai and even the slightest amount of non-hate is downvotes. I’m high and honestly don’t care. :)

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      The internet is a communications tool though. When you look at the history of communications development, from postal service to telegraph to telephone to internet, the internet fits right in there very neatly as the next step. AI is a totally new thing and doesn’t have any particularly comparable analogs in the past. Anyway my point is I don’t think it’s comparable to the internet

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      1 month ago

      GenAI is extremely destructive technology, so it deserves all the hate thrown at it, and the usefulness is still so-so at best.

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        1 month ago

        I’m not sure what gave you the impression I cared about made up internet points. In fact, I literally said I didn’t care.

        As for your question, different people have different needs. For me, I work in the tech industry. AI is changing everything in cybersecurity, programming, data analytics, medical research, the list goes on.

        I understand not everyone works in tech. And yes, it has it’s evil. But it’s not going anywhere.

        I’m not, nor have I said previously that it’s the end all, be all. I did say it had it’s uses.

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          There seems to be a big difference between what the media and AI slop enthusiasts say about AI and what I’ve experienced with people using AI or AI being integrated into everyday items. At best, the results are mediocre, while using up huge amounts of resources to get there.