RE: https://hachyderm.io/@petrillic/116337502667369228

I can’t have a conversation with any genAI boosters that is remotely productive precisely because of this.

@zkat Genuine Q if you have the spoons for it: how do you navigate feelings about genAI vs other also ethically concerning technologies (like cars, perhaps)?
I personally feel like I have a sort of status quo bias re: things that already existed and were problematic when I came into the world, but see more recent developments as more avoidable or exceptional, even tho maybe they’re not actually that different.

@b_cavello @zkat

What's your definition of AI?

If I record an unfamiliar bird call in Birdnet and click 'Analyze' I understand that machine learning enables the app to suggest the identity of the bird. Is that AI?

@PeterGray they said genAI, which means GANs and LLMs and their ilk, not ML
@zkat Thanks, zkat. I hadn't heard of Generative Adversarial Networks before.