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It's actually a useful tool..... If it were not too often used for so very dystopian purposes.
But it's not just AI. All services, systems, etc... So many are just money grabs, hate, opinion making or general manipulation.... I have many things I hate more about "modern" society, than I do as to how LLMs are used.
I like the lemmy mindset far more than reddit and only on the AI topic people here are brainlessly focused on the tool instead of the people using the tool.
...and Facebook.
I hardly remember Facebook.... Isn't that these days a retirement platform?
A platform for people in developing countries, however. In some cases it supplants most if not all of the functions of what used to be several programs for Internet access and communication.
I mentioned Facebook because I'm seeing some people trying to share information how to grift with AI.
That... Doesn't sound good.
Facebook is not exactly a trustworthy thing and to have developing countries dependent on it the way you describe sounds dystopian. :/
But dystopian is sadly the theme of the 2020s
What are your views on gun control?
That the death data tells clearly they should have laws like many EU countries have on gun ownership.
Those are not multi purpose tools. Guns are for killing.
Nah, they are multi purpose tools:
But whatabout YOUR thoughts on bladder control???!
Oh, I was genuinely curious — this very same argument can be used when talking about guns. This very same argument is used when talking about guns.
This wasn't an attempt at a strawman, I'm merely drawing parallels. To say that this one topic is one where Lemmy focuses on the tool and not the people using them is false.
The better comparison I’ve seen is knives. Knives have multiple purposes, yet they can also be used quite dangerously. Guns on the other hand only really have one purpose. Since AI can at least be used for other more useful stuff (think protein folding), I would say they are closer to knives.
That's a fair point, I agree.