I wouldn’t let my children use ai, just like I wouldn’t let them talk to strangers? The list of drawbacks are basically a list for using the internet in general in the first place. It’s some serious “video games are dangerous vibes”
You work in IT, so you are clearly too good at coding to need it in small scripts and your environment is too complicated for the bigger thing. But don’t you have documentation to write, Excel sheets, test scripts, etc. ?
I find uses. It’s rewriting information I give it and everything is verified, I’m able to read and tweak it’s output like an adult. Clearly your coworkers are also finding uses, if you have to deal with the fallout (lol).
Entertainment is valid. This is a meme community, the bar is if it make me laugh. I prefer proper OC, but I’ll take AI OC over reposts any day.
On the environmental front, I think it’s overstated. I use mostly local llms, so my impact is the same as playing a demanding game. Data centre’s serve a lot of people, we just need a renewable grid and better laws so they aren’t put in places with no water just because it’s cheaper for them. The real problem is transport, both cars and flights, and shipments of consumer goods. Any activity that’s solely technology driven is better for the environment imo.
AI is dangerous to anyone, children are just the most vulnerable. Look at how many people have suffered mental breaks due to AI encouraging them to self harm or to harm others.
I would never trust an AI to write anything for me, not only is it prone to making mistakes, I have no way to ensure the data I give it isn’t going to be sent off to a datacenter somewhere to be used for unknown purposes. I don’t Just work in IT, I work in Financial IT, and we take security compliance seriously.
Nothing output by an AI is verified, they cannot site their sources.
I won’t even bother to argue on the environmental front, due solely to the fact you just admitted to not caring about it at all.
Either way, it’s very clear you are an AI tech bro, and you’ll support it to the end even as you make yourself look like an absolute clown. I have no further reason to attempt argue with you, just like I see no reason to argue with Trump supporters or Elon Musk supporters. At the very least, I have put information out there to combat your misinformation for anyone who decides to read this thread.
You’re conflating your workplace with every other. Most dont work in financial IT with its stringent security measures.
I would never trust
Nothing output by an AI is verified
You can’t trust yourself to verify it? Are you a monkey unable to read its output and conclude if it properly rewrote and reformatted what you gave it?
If I give it the info and it formats it in a table, I’m not trusting it with anything, I’m literally checking it right after. Still faster then me typing the table by hand.
It can cite its sources, so if I’m trying to learn about a subject or getting info on a product/service, I just click the links it gives me.
It’s easy to learn how to use these tools properly. You can also not use them, like, just don’t. It’s fine. I don’t get the tantrum everytime the subject comes up and the constant gatekeeping tho.
Instead of arguing with an AI bro, or more accurately the chatbot he is feeding my replies to, here is a set of links to information about the dangers of AI, as well as news stories:
I wouldn’t let my children use ai, just like I wouldn’t let them talk to strangers? The list of drawbacks are basically a list for using the internet in general in the first place. It’s some serious “video games are dangerous vibes”
You work in IT, so you are clearly too good at coding to need it in small scripts and your environment is too complicated for the bigger thing. But don’t you have documentation to write, Excel sheets, test scripts, etc. ?
I find uses. It’s rewriting information I give it and everything is verified, I’m able to read and tweak it’s output like an adult. Clearly your coworkers are also finding uses, if you have to deal with the fallout (lol).
Entertainment is valid. This is a meme community, the bar is if it make me laugh. I prefer proper OC, but I’ll take AI OC over reposts any day.
On the environmental front, I think it’s overstated. I use mostly local llms, so my impact is the same as playing a demanding game. Data centre’s serve a lot of people, we just need a renewable grid and better laws so they aren’t put in places with no water just because it’s cheaper for them. The real problem is transport, both cars and flights, and shipments of consumer goods. Any activity that’s solely technology driven is better for the environment imo.
AI is dangerous to anyone, children are just the most vulnerable. Look at how many people have suffered mental breaks due to AI encouraging them to self harm or to harm others.
I would never trust an AI to write anything for me, not only is it prone to making mistakes, I have no way to ensure the data I give it isn’t going to be sent off to a datacenter somewhere to be used for unknown purposes. I don’t Just work in IT, I work in Financial IT, and we take security compliance seriously.
Nothing output by an AI is verified, they cannot site their sources.
I won’t even bother to argue on the environmental front, due solely to the fact you just admitted to not caring about it at all.
Either way, it’s very clear you are an AI tech bro, and you’ll support it to the end even as you make yourself look like an absolute clown. I have no further reason to attempt argue with you, just like I see no reason to argue with Trump supporters or Elon Musk supporters. At the very least, I have put information out there to combat your misinformation for anyone who decides to read this thread.
You’re conflating your workplace with every other. Most dont work in financial IT with its stringent security measures.
You can’t trust yourself to verify it? Are you a monkey unable to read its output and conclude if it properly rewrote and reformatted what you gave it?
If I give it the info and it formats it in a table, I’m not trusting it with anything, I’m literally checking it right after. Still faster then me typing the table by hand.
It can cite its sources, so if I’m trying to learn about a subject or getting info on a product/service, I just click the links it gives me.
It’s easy to learn how to use these tools properly. You can also not use them, like, just don’t. It’s fine. I don’t get the tantrum everytime the subject comes up and the constant gatekeeping tho.
Instead of arguing with an AI bro, or more accurately the chatbot he is feeding my replies to, here is a set of links to information about the dangers of AI, as well as news stories:
Study Shows AI Chatbots Can Blindly Repeat Incorrect Medical Details
New study warns of risks in AI mental health tools
Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Information Literacy
Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms
AI Fuels Increase in Ransomware Attacks Against Schools
A man asked ChatGPT how to remove sodium chloride from his diet. It landed him in the hospital
Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact
Teens are increasingly turning to AI companions, and it could be harming them
https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/artificial-intelligence/teens-are-increasingly-turning-to-ai-companions-and-it-could-be-harming-them/ar-AA1K1yJB
Also, just for good measure, here is realgoodai again: https://www.realgoodai.org/what-we-do