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[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It’s going to remove all individuality and turn us into a homogeneous jelly-like society. We all think exactly the same since AI “smoothes out” the edges of extreme thinking.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

Copilot told me you're wrong and that I can't play with you anymore.

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] ArchRecord@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

The only beneficial use I've had for "AI" (LLMs) has just been rewriting text, whether that be to re-explain a topic based on a source, or, for instance, sort and shorten/condense a list.

Everything other than that has been completely incorrect, unreadably long, context-lacking slop.

[–] sumguyonline@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just try using AI for a complicated mechanical repair. For instance draining the radiator fluid in your specific model of car, chances are googles AI model will throw in steps that are either wrong, or unnecessary. If you turn off your brain while using AI, you're likely to make mistakes that will go unnoticed until the thing you did is business necessary. AI should be a tool like a straight edge, it has it's purpose and it's up to you the operator to make sure you got the edges squared(so to speak).

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[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Good thing most Americans already don't possess those!

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I‘m surprised they even published this finding given how hard they‘re pushing AI.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

That's because they're bragging, not warning.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Garbage in, Garbage out. Ingesting all that internet blather didn't make the ai smarter by much if anything.

[–] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

never used it in any practical function. i tested it to see if it was realistic and i found it extremely wanting. as in, it sounded nothing like the prompts i gave it.

the absolutely galling and frightening part is that the tech companies think that this is the next big innovation they should be pursuing and have given up on innovating anyplace else. it was obvious to me when i saw that they all are pushing ai shit on me with everything from keyboards to search results. i only use voice commands to do simple things and it works just about half the time, and ai is built on the back of that which is why i really do not ever use voice commands for anything anymore.

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[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Gemini told me critical thinking wasn't important. So I guess that's ok.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Can confirm. I've stopped using my brain at work. Moreso.

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