there's no use cases that outweigh what tech companies are currently doing, however. No one has ever said all AI of any type ever is the problem here but absolutely no one has shown large scale capability of doing this properly or responsibly.
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sure in a perfect world with no capitalism where everything was a utopia and energy use was unlimited and not destroying our planet.... sure have fun not using your brain if that's what gets you off
but the AI that exists RIGHT NOW in our currently reality sucks ass. and is doing harm
the people we have "entrusted" to develop this technology are clearly not people who should be trusted and have made it clear they have no interest in anything but attracting additional investment
there's SO MUCH that's been written and documented about this by people way fucking smarter than me. i've read "both sides" and the people making the most cogent arguments are sounding alarms. the people pushing it consistently overstate what genAI is doing
for the same reasons we're all very critical of zuckerberg but aren't calling regular people who like facebook or instagram Fascist Collabrators Who Hate The Environment and Love Pedophiles or whatever
you can decide for yourself what critique is valid and what isn't. i never said "using AI makes you a fascist"
i do judge people who use it and i judge them negatively for the reasons ive stated above. you can care or not care.
im speaking generally rather than about you specifically. i think your reasoning is fine. it's good to be aware of how much energy AI uses. im just saying it's also possible to reasonably weigh that against other things and that gets distorted by the way some people talk about it
that's reasonable. but there are definitely people who think all (generative) AI is the problem, and they're wrong. the criticism should be levied at execs like sam altman who are creating and distributing the tech irresponsibly, rather than individuals who use it and think it's fun and interesting
but you still have choices you can make. no one NEEDS this. "it's fun" is simply not a valid enough excuse for me. if it is for you, that's your call to make.
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but the AI that exists RIGHT NOW in our currently reality sucks ass. and is doing harm
i'm guessing i'm older than you bc the enshittifiication is far more obvious to those of us who have been here since the beginning
but from my vantage what i don't see are people in tech taking discussions of ethics very seriously at all. yall really should.
i do judge people who use it and i judge them negatively for the reasons ive stated above. you can care or not care.
if you use the child crushing machine, you're still crushing children, even if you don't own it
now it's all relative right? there's no ethical consumption under capitalism etc