Allison MeloyMar 2
Can the AI haters give it a rest already? Yes, I know there are concerns, but as a person with a disability, if I didn’t use every tool that was out there because I had concerns about it, I wouldn’t use anything. All this AI hatred is just cutting off our nose to spite our face.
Show threadDavid Goldfield
@technocounselor Thank you for saying this. It's quite brave of you to say that out here, where there seems to be a general consensus that AI is just horrible.
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Show threadPratik PatelMar 3
@DavidGoldfield @technocounselor Unless things go catestrophically wrong, LLMs are here to stay in one form or another. There are some significant concerns for creativity, cognetive decline, loss of skills, etc.—not to mention the major environmental cost. There are certainly benefits,especially for disabled people. that said, we'll never know if the benefits outweigh the costs.
Show threadPratik PatelMar 3
@DavidGoldfield @technocounselor I'm actually not going to stop the critics from criticizing since we're likely to learn more and examine things more closely if those critics make cogent arguments. I'm deeply concerned though about artists and writers who are losing their livelihoods because of the huge swoth of what is, in essence, intellectual property theft.
Show threadAllison MeloyMar 3
@ppatel @DavidGoldfield Yes, and we have got to tackle that and other issues head on for sure.
Show threadAllison MeloyMar 3
@DavidGoldfield Thank you. The same people though that condemn AI on social media which is for some reason the sexy thing to do in tech circles now probably use it to have 3000 cat pictures described, and you know what? That’s great, they should, but they shouldn’t talk out of both sides of their mouth.
Show threadDavid DunphyMar 3
@technocounselor @DavidGoldfield And cat pictures trump everything lol. Seriously, I like AI, I just don't like how I've seen people use it around me, but I'm starting to find ways to embrace
Show threadJoshMar 3
@startrek2025 @technocounselor @DavidGoldfield I use it for coding, making Suno music for fun, and use it in AI-powered games. I don't let it think for me, however.
Show threadDevin Prater :blind:Mar 7
@Orinks @startrek2025 @technocounselor @DavidGoldfield I use it for explaining things, finding out what food a restaurant has, general assistant things with Gemini on Android, vibe coding, music creation, and we even have local AI at work so we can put sensitive data through it and it doesn't leave the building.
Show threadTina and Tony SohlMar 3
@technocounselor @DavidGoldfield I like AI. I ask Gemini and Alexa stuff all the time. And really appreciat the describing and reading it can do.
Show threadDevin Prater :blind:Mar 7
@technocounselor @DavidGoldfield I need to get 3000 cat picture descriptions now.