Comment on Meet the AI vegans: They are choosing to abstain from using artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons. Maybe they have a point

Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• fishy@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yup, these things are still garbage for >90% of all applications people are jamming them into. Breathed a sigh of relief when my company CEO said he doesn’t see us using AI for more than can center routing for at least the next several years.

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  • Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Works relatively well for image editing

    Else yea I would agree, sometimes it’s just shoved for nothing, but 90% seems like too much

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    • fishy@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Don’t misunderstand, LLM’s are fantastic for certain applications and it makes sense to use them. But seriously GTFO my email and search results. Generated speech? Ew. Generated videos? Nah. Ordering for me at a restaurant? Just kill me.

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      • Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Brave’s AI search results are pretty good

        I don’t dislike AI generated videos as long as they are funny with some meta (making fun of the absurdity of what characters do for example - the brainrot potential is unlimited)

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• stoicmaverick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Every last bit of it? What is your stance on use of AI for tasks such as data analysis of massive sets for scientific research, or procedural automation of massive operations?

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  • Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    AI doesn’t exist, machine learning algorithms can be useful and are used with no controversy, generative bullshit is basically useless.

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    • stoicmaverick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You’re using a lot of very loosely defined terms with a lot of certainty. Machine learning is AI, we just usually apply it to the more simple versions of it. Where do you personally draw the line? I fully understand the plethora of risks, downsides, and injustices that can potentially be involved in the matter, but I legitimately don’t understand the extremist level hatred that some people express to anything that could hold the title of AI. To me, it parallels with someone saying that they hate ionizing radiation. Frequently, it’s also bad, and your entirely reasonable to try and avoid it on a daily basis, but it also has many uses that are beneficial and life-saving.

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      • danzabia@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Don’t try to argue with the lemmy anti-AI crowd, it’s not worth it.

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      • Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Same thinking as people who hate crypto for a part of it

        They just sound completely dumb, yet it’s the majority of people here

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    • Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s… not how it works.

      Don’t talk about things you don’t understand

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  • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes, I am also frequently accosted by Google’s data analysis of massive sets for scientific research. I can’t tell you how many times they’ve forcefully inserted research analysis of large data sets into my search results.

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    • stoicmaverick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What?

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• Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  *because you don’t know how to use it

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