Mastodawn

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@drikanis/116107120926277506

I'd like to comment on the common "AI is just a tool" thing: I'm a woodworker by training & that means a lot of machines - but almost every craftsperson knows how to do their job with hand tools, or "lesser" machines.

Similarly, a writer can write without a text editor - just as well, only slower.

If loss of a tool = loss of your skill & knowledge, then that tool isn't an asset, it's a liability. You're signing over your ability to do business to whoever sells & maintains that tool.

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Keith

@jwcph I’m also not buying into the common “tools are neutral, it’s how you use them that is good or bad” argument. Tools are built for a purpose, and some purposes are bad. Take the medieval rack, it was built for torture, an intrinsically bad purpose. Sure, you *could* use it for something else, like a weird coffee table. But that’s really beside the point. One who designs and builds a rack, is building something for intrinsically bad ends.