I think that AI is fine for personal use but I also think that companies shouldn’t be able to use it for profit. If the AI can do something I can’t and I’m not using it for profit, I have no problem using it. I occasionally use AI to generate images for personal use and I also on rare occasions use AI Dungeon if I’m having trouble sleeping.

A bit of a gray area that I’ve been letting slide is when someone, who is working by themselves, wants to make a game but they lack the artistic talent and budget to hire a good artist to make art for their game. I understand that the use of AI is technically bad in this case but I understand why they would use it and, especially if the game is free, I’m willing to give the game a try, but I will dock points and bring it up when/if I review it.

If you examine closely, you’ll see there is no AI, but Vin Diesel reading a script (written by humans).

Depends on the use case.

• AI that parses manuals, documentation and dumbs it down for me? Yes please.
• AI that generates images? Eh, kinda undecided. I have seen really impressive AI videos, which I couldn’t tell from real videography.
• AI as a personal assistant? No, too much energy wasted on minor issues that could have been solved more efficiently. E.g: I have X at home, what could I make for dinner?
• AI (not LLMs) in medical/scientific fields. Very intruiging. Yes. good shit.
• AI in childrens toys. Eww. Burn it! Fecken burn it!!!

I think it can be a great tool, but it is overvalued atm, and there are AI images anywhere which is really frustrating. When I go to pinterest, I want to see human input. When I check my LinkedIn everyone and their cat is using AI graphics - I get it, it’s quick and easy, but such a waste of energy.

If we want to keep using AI, we need to reduce the quantity in which we use it and it’s resource consumption.

AI is riding the surface of a monster bubble and anyone gleefully waiting for the pop has no idea what that’s going to do the US economy, and then everyone elses.

All but 1% of US economic growth last year was AI development and speculation. Combine that with the US passing, for the first time, 200%+ on the Buffett Index and we are screwed.

For reference, the Buffett Index is total stock market valuation vs. GDP. There is better than twice the dollars in the stock market than we produce in a year. The index was around 130% in 1929 and 2008.

wait, that caption on the iron giant is unironically really funny.

From a practical point, useful in starting a base on projects, but sucks on further progress. I’ve used it in coding and 3d motion, and in both my experience it was like that.

From an environmental point, it’s an overengineered mess. Local models are satisfactory for most use cases, and we don’t really need huge computing clusters dedicated for AI.

Wow, you don’t know who that is but you’d ask if we’d call him a clanker?

I strongly dislike how LLMs are inserted everywhere.

But LLMs are just one kind of AI and I’m not going to stop using the kinds that actually are useful and appropriate.

It’s hot garbage and people who use it to create images/music are the polar opposite of artists.

idk who that character is, but i don’t like AI, it is polluting the environment and polluting the internet, all while disrespecting the work of artists (visual artists, musicians, voice actors, writers, photographers, etc)

opt-out is not consent

I support running or using AI locally since it’s privacy respecting and doesn’t damage environment since the Local AI uses energy to function from the device which it’s running on locally. But in terms of other AI, nope.

I wouldn’t call anything a clanker because I’m not a Boomer

I love AI. Who made it by the way?

I’m a fan of the technology, I’ve been using it for various projects and I see a lot of potential. But there’s widespread anti-AI sentiment on the Fediverse. I notice you’re getting a lot of downvotes for merely asking about it.