JWcph, Radicalized By DecencyFeb 22

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.

#AI

Show threadDownes 🍁Feb 22

@jwcph

> "If loss of a tool = loss of your skill & knowledge, then that tool isn't an asset, it's a liability."

So, dump trucks are a liability?

Show threadMattChippyteaFeb 22
@Downes @jwcph I don’t understand what you’re saying here.
Show threadDownes 🍁Feb 22

@Wifiwits @jwcph

Dump trucks are a tool. If we lose dump trucks, then we no longer have the ability & skills required to move large loads of gravel. Therefore, according to the general principle cited ( "If loss of a tool = loss of your skill & knowledge, then that tool isn't an asset, it's a liability") it follows that dump trucks are a liability.

But, of course, dump trucks are not a liability. They make it possible to do what we could not do before. Same with LLMs.

Show threadJWcph, Radicalized By DecencyFeb 23
@Downes @Wifiwits Good Lord, are you *trying* to be this dense, or does it come naturally?
Show threadDownes 🍁Feb 23
@jwcph @Wifiwits Is this your style? Just insult the other person? That's boring.
Show threadJWcph, Radicalized By Decency
@Downes @Wifiwits Only people who go out of their way to deserve it.
Feb 23 at 12:56pmWeb