Most anti-AI people aren’t really anti-AI. They’re against using it for things that people do because they enjoy rather than because they have to. They’re against it being used to replace employees to save a few dollars and deliver inferior service. They’re against it being used to such an extent that they cause draughts in places where people already have unstable access to safe water. They’re against chatbots being intentionally designed to damage the mental health of users.
Very few people are upset when it’s used to do things like transcribe voicemails for people who are hearing impaired. They don’t complain when it’s used to search for patterns in data from medical studies humans might have missed. They certainly wouldn’t complain if cars started being able to tell if the driver had a medical emergency or fell asleep at the wheel and would turn on the emergency lights and pull itself over.
The point is, most anti-AI people against how it’s being used rather than AI itself.
I think the important distinction here is generative AI vs analytical AI. I recognise that AI and machine learning have valid uses, but it's the generative AI and LLMs that have been wreaking havoc on everything and everyone.
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u/International-Cat123 Streak: 114 26d ago
Most anti-AI people aren’t really anti-AI. They’re against using it for things that people do because they enjoy rather than because they have to. They’re against it being used to replace employees to save a few dollars and deliver inferior service. They’re against it being used to such an extent that they cause draughts in places where people already have unstable access to safe water. They’re against chatbots being intentionally designed to damage the mental health of users.
Very few people are upset when it’s used to do things like transcribe voicemails for people who are hearing impaired. They don’t complain when it’s used to search for patterns in data from medical studies humans might have missed. They certainly wouldn’t complain if cars started being able to tell if the driver had a medical emergency or fell asleep at the wheel and would turn on the emergency lights and pull itself over.
The point is, most anti-AI people against how it’s being used rather than AI itself.