You should really watch this -- AI is being used in real research, and not all of it is bad. Those who think AI is bad are simply uneducated luddites.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 points 6 months ago

Luddites’ main concern was the systemic redirection of revenue from them, the laborers, to the owners of the factories. They did not simply hate technology for technology’s sake.

The fact that you ignore this basic historical fact betrays an embarrassing ignorance.

I personally don’t give a shit if some AI is used in research. I think that’s awesome. But AI also actively and materially deprives laborers of compensation for their work, both before and after the model training process. And I fucking hate that.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

AI's primary use case so far is to further concentrate wealth with the wealthy, and to replace employees. People who think AI is bad recognize that it is in the hands of the modern generation of robber barons, and serves their interests.

Those who don't recognize this are delusional.

[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

AI as a tool can absolutely be a good thing, just like almost any tool. A tool on its own is neither good nor bad, it's just a tool that can be used. The usage is what makes it good or bad.

Yes, most of what AI is used for now is bad, but it can absolutely be a good thing in the right use cases.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

AI’s primary use case so far is to further concentrate wealth with the wealthy,

Under capitalism, everything further concentrates wealth with the wealthy because the wealthy are best able to capitalize on anything. Wealth gives you the means to better pursue further wealth.

and to replace employees.

So what you're saying is that we need to dismantle every piece of automation and go back to manufacturing everything by hand with the most basic hand tools possible? Because that will maximize the number of people needed to be employed to produce, well, anything. Anything else is using technology to replace employees.

Or is it just that now we're talking about people working office jobs they thought were automation-proof getting partially automated that's made automation a bad thing?

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the problem is that AI can generate a million bogus "research papers" for every single legit paper. and for the general public (ie science writers, bloggers, news reporters, etc.) they are indistinguishable from each other. so unless you have literally done the research on a particular hypothesis yourself (good luck with that, with all the funding cuts), then everything is suspect

so the question of "are we better off with AI?" as of right now, is absolutely fucking not

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Literally you are better off with AI - it's produced some of the most groundbreaking work in decades. You didn't watch the video, did you? AI ended up being better than humans at tasks involving protein folding, so much so that they won a Nobel prize for its use. The breakthroughs of this AI have put us forward in medical research by an order of magnitude. Many orders of magnitude in fact.

AI is more than just LLMs and Stable Diffusors. It's being used in Science by people who aren't reactionaries and anti-tech luddites to give people better vaccines faster, to discover new proteins for antivenom, to ensure a better future for people who need medical care.