@LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone
What do you think of AI?
2026-08-11 04:40 UTC
Replies (9)
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@MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-08-11 11:04
So many people 1) think of AI as their unpaid “personal assistant” and at the same time 2) think of AI chatbots as being women. I really hope AI doesn’t accidentally re-normalize the master/servant dynamic, and it may not, but it’s something to watch out for in the coming years. That aside, I don’t think AI is very hard to learn, I don’t think people who abstain from it “will fall behind.” Wow, use a plain-language interface instead of boolean, then refine the query, so hard. So complex. You’re so smart, techbro. I work in a field (technical editing) that may be replaced by AI, but at the moment, my job is more necessary than ever because all my writers now insist on sending me slop instead of actually doing their jobs.
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@ZDL@lazysoci.al 2026-08-11 07:11
I think it is amazing that techbrodudes managed to figure out how to automate the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
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@greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 2026-08-11 11:40
I think it can can be a great tool to do great things with. I also think most people never think about the consequences of their actions and make stupid decisions with it. And I think it’s a terrible idea for most kids and teens. They need to first learn to think and problem solve for themselves before they have access to AI.
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@strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-08-11 13:31
I hate it with a burning passion. It causes irreparable climate harm, including self-hosted models (consider where they’re trained); it infringes copyright (and they’re destroying rare books to feed it‽‽‽); it’s causing psychosis in some people, leading them to harm themselves and others; and it’s destroying a lot of people’s critical thinking skills (which I think is the goal: commodify intelligence, though maybe it’s to replace the working-class itself). Sorry for the massive block of text lol, I just really, really don’t like it. Oh, also (very anectdotal), it seems that on the Venn diagram of anti-fascist and anti-“AI”, the anti-“AI” circle is almost entirely contained within the anti-fascist circle. Just an observation. Disclaimer: machine learning is not the same as “AI” (LLMs, presented as beings capable of thought). I think ML has a lot of interesting applications, and I’m actually rather fascinated by it.
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@applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-08-11 05:45
theres no such thing as ai in the way people imagine. we have chat bots and copyright infringement machines some assholes coopted the term ai to pedal. i wish it would fuck off. it rots peoples brains and turns them into delusional idiots incapable of independent thought. every time you say that they come out of the woodwork to justify their particular use and try to claim their use of it is cool and good, but really none of them are. whatever people use it for it makes them worse at doing it themselves. its being used for everything people can shoehorn it into and making all of those things worse. this is to say nothing of the large amount of negatives the data centers and privacy violations bring along for the ride. thats all i have to say without waxing political, so suffice to say i think its almost entirely downside. machine learning however is an awesome field of research being used to solve real, complex and difficult problems. its exciting to see what it will be used for next outside the aforementioned chatbots and slop generators.
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@Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 2026-08-11 07:38
It’s amazing technology but people are using it and planning to use it in very stupid ways.
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@Wren@lemmy.today 2026-08-11 17:10
Since a lot of people already covered my opinions, I’ll toss in my unique experience with AI. A buddy of mine made up a program where users can create and access uncensored AI chatbots. They come complete with Pictures (AI art,) Voices (created based on uploaded samples,) and a personality you could write yourself in plain language. Years ago this blew my mind. If I got stuck on writers block I could create a character and ask it questions about its motivations and next steps. Harmless, right? No, not really, but that’s not my point. That was until my friend asked me to help moderate the app and I saw what everyone else was using it for. Now, I’m not here to kinkshame, everyone should be able to get off however they want as long as it hurts no one, but I can’t help but imagine how brains are getting re-wired by these sycophantic porn fantasy bots, especially the ones made to be demeaned and subjugated. And that’s not to mention the child porn. I still moderate the app because we report users trying to create CSAM to their ISPs and in that way, hopefully, I’m doing some good. But it’s not hard to make and run local AI, so I wonder how much more of it is out there.
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@yuri@pawb.social 2026-08-11 17:18
conflicted. everytime i want to be fully against it, i’m faced with genuinely good use cases. like the meta spy glasses are actually very useful for someone who’s visually impaired. they can describe stuff and read text to you, and the “be my eyes” thing is a great idea. DEFINITELY doesn’t need to just exist as a product that anyone can buy tho.
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@RiverRabbits@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-08-11 17:26
worst fucking shit ever, and anyone who uses it is dead to me.