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[โ€“] Quazatron@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's not going away. The cat is out of the bag.

As with any tool it has its use cases. It's not a good fit for everything. You can drive a screw with a hammer but a screwdriver works best.

We're experiencing the capitalist euphoria that happens when something new comes along. This needs to get regulated into submission like all the previous bubbles.

[โ€“] cRazi_man@europe.pub 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Tech bros benefit from saying that AI is the solution to everything...... And people are eating this up.

You're exactly right that it really should be the right tool for the right job, and people don't know how to differentiate good vs bad uses of AI.

I've used it for getting over my Linux migration problems. Ive also used it to help me set up my home server. Ive used the tech Bros tools to remove as many tech bro products as I can from my life. I think this is the perfect use of AI, on a noncritical problem with good impact and absolutely no consequence when it is completely wrong. I ask AI to interpret massive docker log files for me and point me in the right direction. Once I know what the problem might be then I can go read human written solution posts.

I know people have successfully used AI to write letters to help get out of unfair parking tickets, battle shitty landlords and use it to do shitty useless tasks that bosses ask them to do. I fully support using AI to push back against overbearing authority. Use their own tool to stick it to the man! We just need to prioritise reducing the climate, energy, water impact to make it not destroy the planet at the same time. I want ethical AI that doesnt steal everyone's content.