I get some of the surface level reasons, and those annoy me too. Cramming AI into everything is dumb and unnecessary.

However, I do feel that at a deeper level, it has a lot of useful applications that will absolutely change society and improve the efficiency and skills of those who use it. For example, if someone wants to learn to code, they could take a few different paths. There are the traditional paths, just read or go to school and learn to code that way. Or you could pay for a bootcamp or an online coding education platform. Or, you could just tell an AI chatbot you want to learn to code, and have them become your teacher, and correct any errors you make in real time. Another application is in generating ideas or quick mock ups. Say I’m playing a game of d&d with friends. I need a character avatar so I just provide a description to the AI and it makes it up quick. It might take a few prompts, but it usually does a pretty good job. Or if I have a scenario I need to make a few enemies for, I could just provide the description of those enemies and have a quick stat block made up for them.

I realize that there are underlying issues with regard to training the AI on others work, but as someone who is a musician myself, and a supporter of open source as often as possible, I feel that it’s a bit hypocritical for people to get upset about AI “stealing” work with regard to code or other stuff that people willingly put out there for free for others to consume. Any artist or coder could “steal” the work of others for inspiration for their work, the same as an AI does, an AI is just much more efficient about it. I do think that most of the corporations that are pushing some new AI feature or promising the world or end of the labor force is full of shit, and that we are definitely in some sort of an AI bubble, but the technology itself is definitely useful in a lot of ways, and if it can be developed on a more localized and decentralized scale (community owned AI hubs anyone?), it could actually be a really powerful and beneficial technology for organizations and individuals looking to do more with less.

  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
    9·
    18 hours ago

    The hate isn’t hyperbolic. Its justified as all the reasons I gave. Just because you see AI as a net benefit, you think my hate is hyperbolic. You’re argument of using “little total water” and “agg using more” are flawed arguments. Its using precious water that we dont have enough of, for useless ai slop. Yes agg uses a huge amount of water, but we need to eat.

    Ai doesn’t take inspiration, its a computer program. Inspiration is uniquely human. Someone who draws in the style of matt G is one thing, a machine that copies the style is not “inspired by”

    Yes it should stay in the medical field because that’s where there is a net benefit.

    • rabiezaater@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      11·
      9 hours ago

      So you’re saying that medical is the ONLY single place where the pros out weight the cons? You said we need to eat, so what about agriculture? What about science/engineeing in general? Why the arbitrary line in the sand at medical?

      Also, if AI is so faulty and flawed, why would you want to use it in situations where lives are on the line, but condemn it’s use for lower stakes situations

      • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
        1·
        8 hours ago

        So you’re saying that medical is the ONLY single place where the pros out weight the cons?

        Yes

        You said we need to eat, so what about agriculture? What about science/engineeing in general? Why the arbitrary line in the sand at medical?

        I said we need to eat in reference to water use.

        also, if AI is so faulty and flawed, why would you want to use it in situations where lives are on the line, but condemn it’s use for lower stakes situations

        Do you know how ai is used in the medical field?

        • rabiezaater@piefed.socialOPEnglish
          1·
          8 hours ago

          I don’t know the specifics, but not sure how that is relevant. Why does the field it’s being applied in make a difference? Is medicine the only field you view as truly impactful and valuable? Or do you really view the down sides as that dramatically terrible that the only possible way those downsides could be justified is by saving a life?

          • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
            1·
            7 hours ago

            I don’t know the specifics, but not sure how that is relevant. Why does the field it’s being applied in make a difference?

            The application for a tool is very relevant.

            Is medicine the only field you view as truly impactful and valuable?

            When it comes to “ai”, yes.

            Or do you really view the down sides as that dramatically terrible that the only possible way those downsides could be justified is by saving a life?

            No, it’s the way it can be beneficial in a very specific use case for research.

            • rabiezaater@piefed.socialOPEnglish
              1·
              7 hours ago

              Again though, why can that use case not be applied other places? Why is medicine special? You seem to have a specific application in mind, so how about you just explain what that is so I can evaluate it on its merits?