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Are there any genuine benefits to AI? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by fiddlestix@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I can see some minor benefits - I use it for the odd bit of mundane writing and some of the image creation stuff is interesting,, and I knew that a lot of people use it for coding etc - but mostly it seems to be about making more cash for corporations and stuffing the internet with bots and fake content. Am I missing something here? Are there any genuine benefits?

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[–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 9 months ago (7 children)

This sort of feels like someone using a PC for the first time in 1989 and asking what it does that they can't do on a piece of paper with a calculator. They may not have been far off at the time, but they would be missing the point. This is a paradigm shift that allows for a single application to fulfill the role of, eventually, infinite applications. And yes it starts with mundane tasks. You know, the kind people don't want to do themselves.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

TBF if a mathematician or a programmer cannot do it on paper then they've kind of failed and probably won't have any notable impact. Paper math didn't end when consumer computers came about.

[–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I know plenty of modern programmers who are empowered by the ease at which they can learn the trade now. Some never go deeper than front end developer, because there's good money there. That job would look nothing like it does today if it had to be done by hand.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 0 points 9 months ago

Ah yes, the html programmers. Top minds of our generation, them. /s

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