joachimMar 13
I just saw a comment by someone* about the 'coercive cultural pressure' of using LLMs. I don't feel this at all, not in the slightest. Is this another #neurodivergent thing? ([*] @cainaru on https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3574093)
Show threadNatalie

@joachim Oh, I was trying to get at the current trend that voicing any valid criticisms of “AI” and LLMs somehow ends up being career-jeopardizing for some people (especially if they work someplace that had started factoring in LLM usage into performance reviews or mandating their usage). And the overall coercive (and sometimes aggressive) nature of the whole “if you don’t use LLMs then you will be left behind!” stuff

(I’m not doing a good job of explaining right now 🙃)

Mar 16 at 4:16pmMetatext
Show threadNatalie6d ago
@joachim unfortunately, it’s something I’ve seen happen a lot in some circles (e.g., peers on LinkedIn). FWIW it doesn’t seem *as bad* in the Drupalverse compared elsewhere in the wider tech/tech-adjacent industries (which is good, but would like to keep it that way).
Show threadjoachim6d ago
@cainaru Oh, it's already been career-jeopardizing for me. I quit a pretty good gig at an agency about a 18 months ago because they were going into AI and I was the only one with concerns about the ethics and usefulness of it.
Show threadNatalie6d ago

@joachim Ugh… I am so sorry. I take it they didn’t really give you much of an option to not use it either?

It’s a big reason why I’ve pretty much paused on job hunting for any full-time roles for now (well, that and the tiny human en route this summer). I want the liberty to be able to opt not to use LLMs if I don’t believe it is necessary, without someone breathing down my neck about having to use it for spurious reasons.

Show threadNatalie6d ago
@joachim or, if I do find reasons to use them, have the liberty to use them as I see fit (which, in those instances, has basically been “keep it incredibly minimal” and would basically go against whatever trends the loud AI hypesters are preaching).
Show threadNatalie6d ago
@joachim personally I’m basically “strategically procrastinating” until something better (i.e., ethical, environmentally sustainable, not crafted to be addictive, not under the influence of weird authoritarian extremists, not emitting cult-like vibes, etc.) comes around.