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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Dmitry Tantsur Feb 24

@jwcph @Ponygirl just like nobody has proven that woodworking machines can be useful, right? 😉 (yes, you fell victim of your own analogy)

It's not even remotely hard to prove that LLMs are useful (refactoring, difficult rebases, generating skeletons for projects, etc), anyone who honestly tried them knows that. Their problems are ethical, political, environmental and financial. LLMs (esp. frontier ones) are unsustainable, whether they work or not.

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JWcph, Radicalized By Decency

@creepy_owlet @Ponygirl Funny how all that evidence never turns up in public - you would think those examples were worth sharing...

Maybe also tell you boss; about 90% of leaders asked say they can't see any gains thanks to AI.