• dev_null@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    That’s not the same at all though. Complaining about AI “features” being shoved down users throat, and AI being used by developers are very different things.

    Both can be complained about, absolutely, but they are completely different things.

    If Microsoft was using all artisanal human written code to deliver all the AI crap, I wouldn’t be complaining about it any less.

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      9 hours ago

      Right. Productivity tools, like AI or bloated frameworks, can both lead to mountains of slop. I don’t reactively take issue with AI, especially if it eventually produces better work, but I will always choose the more transparent approach. I take umbrage with deceit and will stay away from systems that seem to be careening toward manipulation and more hierarchical, gatekeeping bullshit.

      We all need to contend with the possibility that these intelligent systems become far better than most people and adapt accordingly. It doesn’t mean we have to sacrifice our FOSS ideals, if that applies to you.

      Though, I completely understand the reactivity, as we watch many peoples’ life trajectories become financially irrelevant, and the oligarch’s prime the population for a return to manual labor, while dangling that utopian carrot.