this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2024
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"When I was young, they told me that AI would do the menial labor so that we could spend more time doing the things we love, like making music, painting, and writing poetry. Today, the AI makes music, paints pictures, and writes poetry so that I can work longer hours at my menial labor job."
AI bros are like pro-lifers, straw-manning an argument nobody is making.
I didn't use it for those things but I do use it every day for a multitude of tasks. For myself I use it far more than Google itself.
Just ask it to provide links to back up it's answers
Or possibly it will help us solve the energy issues. It's already lead to some revolutionary discoveries in propulsion and many other areas. It really is far more than something to chat with and to think otherwise is just silly. I use it to to code, brainstorm and developer with. Al systems can process massive amounts of data, recognizing patterns and improving their performance over time. This has helped things like the medical field immensely. Especially with early detection of cancers etc. Trying to be a luddites won't stop it. Might as well embrace and extend it for the betterment of all.