hperrin2d ago

Is it just me or is everyone who absolutely loves AI just painfully below average?

https://lemmy.ca/post/62061142

Is it just me or is everyone who absolutely loves AI just painfully below average? - Lemmy.ca

Like, every AI generated thing I’ve seen, when viewed from the eyes of someone who actually knows what they’re doing, is at best below average. Maybe some things aren’t quite as bad as the general “AI slop”, but of the things I’m actually experienced in (code and art), I just see so many amateur mistakes in everything AI. Regarding art, AI can make really visually appealing things, but it gets the details wrong. That’s something that a below average artist does. And regarding code, it’s the same thing. Overall, it has the appearance of decent code, but it gets the details wrong, just like a below average dev. (Probably about the level of a high school senior or college freshman.) I’m not super experienced at writing, but I can also tell that it’s not very good at that. The stories it writes just aren’t compelling, but I’m not experienced enough to tell you why. And the same with music. It’s just below average, but I couldn’t tell you why. I’m not trying to sound elitist by saying this, but I’ve noticed people who aren’t very good at these things tend to praise how good the AI is. So, is it just me, or are the big fans of AI just below average at whatever the AI is doing?

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Listen, AI is a godsend for some people.

Take a totally fictional person who works in my IT department, Joe Foyle. He always tries talking to things that he flat out doesn’t understand, just oozing that “pay attention to me” and “I talk for the sake of me taking” vibe. For fucking years Joey boy here has been trying too hard to get noticed, often to the detriment of his own goals, and has refused to take constrictive criticism/gentle guidance to dial that shit back.

He simultaneously is upset that others are smarter than him while at the same time refusing to better himself with training, mentorship, and/or reading.

Joe fucking loves AI.

Now he can be the one (instead of the other principal engineers) talking about things that interest the C-suite. Now when Joe talks, people have to listen because AI is the future… holy shit, did Joe just become a goddamned futurist?

AI has to work because otherwise Mr. Foyle will be proven (again) to be full of shit. And so he pushes harder and harder the narrative that AI is the future and can do no wrongs.

So in answer to your email question, OP - yeah, the biggest fan of AI that I (hypothetically) know is below average at doing things that he is supposed to be doing.

Mar 20 at 2:56amWeb