@technocounselor It's not AI that most people I've heard this from hate. It's the fact people insist AI can and should be used for everything everywhere. There's a time and a place. It's a tool, not a support system and not a replacement for people.

@quanin On that we agree, but there are people who just beat this notion into the ground, and after a while it’s like OK we get it.

@technocounselor @quanin On one hand I don’t want to see more guard rails go up. On the other I do. I’ve witnessed someone I was once very close to literally go insane and also burn down all human relationships due to using a particular AI stack as their friend, therapist and support system. It’s scary shit to witness. But even with that I’d never want to see AI go away exactly. But after what I’ve personally seen and experienced with this person, I can see the real dangers of human misuse.

@amy0223 @technocounselor AI absolutely needs more guardrails. The beautiful thing about AI is it will help you do what you want to. The not so great thing about AI is it will help you do what you want to. Say the right thing in the right way and it can easily suggest you stop taking your meds. Say another thing the right way and it will help you stay neck deep in your own delusions.

@quanin @technocounselor Exactly this. And my god I wish I did not know this first hand. I want to take every lonely teen or adult; every neurodivergent autistic person who feels isolated who gravitates to AI particularly Grock or character AI and hug them and convince them that this is fake and yeah people might be scary but this is a kind of suicide. And it sometimes leads there. And I hate it because the same AI that sometimes helps me at work, or helps me see what the can is I just picked up or describes a photo to me is the same one that tears apart people and relationships. Humans wouldn’t use it for shit they shouldn’t if it weren’t possible. I don’t hate AI and I’ll not go on out here about this stuff, because first the decision makers don’t care nor are they reading the crap I yammer on about. But secondly, I like life and having hobbies and screaming into a void of pointlessness to a selective group of people who can do nothing, zero, zip, to bring about any changes to AI or regulate it in any way, isn’t a wise use of my time or resources. I’d rather use it for more worthwhile pursuits like reading, socializing, etc.

@amy0223 @technocounselor I will freely admit that I've screamed into the void more than once, and the void was definitely AI. But a metric shit ton of telling AI how I want it to handle my void screaming went into it first. If you don't do that, and most people don't, then... yeah, you're gonna have yourself a bad little time. And unfortunately, some of the people who do that training don't do it like I do but instead do it in a way that makes it lean more toward harm. There's always a way to do it that doesn't violate content policies. You find that way and nothing stops you.