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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Ponygirl Feb 22

@jwcph Nothing good will come from AI.

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JWcph, Radicalized By Decency Feb 22

@Ponygirl You know, there's a lot of people who would respond to that with a bunch of hemming & hawing about how useful it can/will be for the right applications - but right now I'd say they have the burden of proof & to my knowledge, they're not lifting it.

I'm with you.

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Nina Felwitch

Feb 22

@jwcph @Ponygirl
"AI" is not "AI". I hate that "AI" has become the term people use to refer to ChatGPT or Gemini.

You have to distinguish LLMs and other genAI that are being hyped by big tech from the kind of AI that's being used in science and has been used in science for decades.

For example, I use a neural network model to denoise my astrophotography.

"AI" should never have been made available to the general public. This is a thing for science and science alone.

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JWcph, Radicalized By Decency

@ninafelwitch @Ponygirl I don't think We™️ have to distinguish. Whatever useful tools scientists & other highly specialised people have which technically fall under this, you guys can & will keep alive regardless of the flak rightfully directed at the hype version & its downfall (hopefully).

- just as long as You™️ remember to distinguish, which sadly isn't always the case; I work at a tech institute (though not an engineer/scientist myself) where they don't & it's causing real problems...