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In my view, this is the exact right approach. LLMs aren’t going anywhere, these tools are here to stay. The only question is how they will be developed going forward, and who controls them. Boycotting AI is a really naive idea that’s just a way for people to signal group membership.

Saying I hate AI and I’m not going to use it is really trending and makes people feel like they’re doing something meaningful, but it’s just another version of trying to vote the problem away. It doesn’t work. The real solution is to roll up the sleeves and built an a version of this technology that’s open, transparent, and community driven.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    91·
    8 hours ago

    What in the absolute fuck are you on about?

    these tools are here to stay

    I keep hearing this. What the fuck does that mean? They’re stupid and useless and harmful but they’re “here to stay” so…what, we should embrace them? Fuck no.

    Boycotting AI is a really naive idea that’s just a way for people to signal group membership.

    I am not “boycotting” AI anymore than I am boycotting raw sewage as nutrition.

    Saying I hate AI and I’m not going to use it is really trending and makes people feel like they’re doing something meaningful, but it’s just another version of trying to vote the problem away. It doesn’t work.

    It absolutely does. Ask Dell.

    The real solution is to roll up the sleeves and built an a version of this technology that’s open, transparent, and community driven.

    No, the solution is to educate the general populace about the extreme harms of AI on our economy and our environment and our sovereignty and our education and to show them that we’re getting absolutely nothing in exchange except for lining the pockets of CEOs and twist the arm of the gov to get involved in some sort of regulation…

    • cm0002@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      36·
      8 hours ago

      This is a conflation of “AI” and shitty AI companies. The AI technology, which can be fully open source, is what’s here to stay and it is a useful tool. Not the end all be all by any means, but, just like a drill or hammer it has its uses. And just like a drill or hammer, you can use it for improper use but get a less optimal result

      Boycotting the tech itself, to include full open source and selfhosted AI is what’s not going to work, but the shitty companies probably will come and go.

      The real solution is to roll up the sleeves and built an a version of this technology that’s open, transparent, and community driven.

      No, the solution is to educate the general populace about the extreme harms of AI on our economy and our environment and our sovereignty and our education and to show them that we’re getting absolutely nothing in exchange except for lining the pockets of CEOs and twist the arm of the gov to get involved in some sort of regulation…

      Both of these things can happen, AI can be harmful. Any tool can be harmful and for dangerous ones we do educate people, to varying degrees depending on the tool. And just like any tool, it has its restrictions AND promote open and transparent systems over the ones that do line CEO pockets

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        42·
        8 hours ago

        No it is not. The technology itself (generative AI) is exclusively harmful, and has no legitimate purpose.