I just realized something about the so called AI tools: they're made for "normies"

2026-07-10 23:08 UTC

None of them feel like tools, at best you have to force them to be that, but are still really bad at it, see vibe coding and “AI-assisted” or higher effort AI images. It’s also like they skipped a few steps too. I think an actual synonym search could be way more useful than a sycophantic chatbot built into my text editor (wonder if something like that already exist). At least in case of animation I heard some frame interpolation tool actually made for artists got trashed due to their makers wanted to hop onto the still in-infancy full-on generative AI bandwagon. However I have to give it to them when it comes to amazing outsiders. They often already thought digital art or composing on the PC was something like what the AI was, only they didn’t know what button to press.

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@FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 2026-07-10 23:35

Personally, I don't think there is a solid plan. Any plan. They are throwing very expensive spaghetti at the wall, mostly undercooked, and little sticks. They are the gamblers at the roulette table betting the house on double zero. Proven usefulness is rare. Helping people with disabilities leading a more independent life is one of those. Are those the folks with deep pockets? I think film making will include this in one way or another. Does that justify building all these data centers and the costs attached? The only area where I would say to hell with the costs is if this can help in the fields of medicine or pharmacology but I don't think they have proven usefulness there satisfactorily. So who will pay back the insane debt this pie in the sky is baked with? Answer: anybody, as far as the so-called-AI peddlers are concerned. But that wasn't the plan. That's probably already pivot plan T at this point. It's not built for normies, but it's marketed towards them, out of necessity at this point. To the detriment of overall ability to think critically and for the environment.

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@Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-11 07:28

So, I do LARP. And LARP means you roleplay as someone else. To roleplay as someone else, you need to know a few things. For example, I play a pirate, so I need to know what a forecastle is, what a capstan does, who the boatswain is and that a mizzen is the third mast. I am entirely capable of inventing a 10 minute story that involves lots of nautical terms about chasing and boarding a ship. That story will be entirely plausible and will impress anyone who doesn’t know anything about sailing a full-rigged ship. It might even be correct, but not on purpose. And if you put me in a room with someone who DOES know about sailing anything larger than 4 meters, I’m going to fail as soon as they start talking. Because obviously I only know enough to pretend to be a sailor. I can sound like one just fine, but I’m not. LLMs are larping at being experts. They can’t actually do anything, they can only sound convincing. They might even be right, but they won’t be right on purpose.

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