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Sometimes AI isn’t about efficiency — it’s about what’s possible (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by Amanda527@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world

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I had a strange experience at the swimming pool today.

When I walked into the women’s locker room, I saw two female staff trying to unclog a drain using some tools and guidance from AI. My first thought was that maybe management was trying to save costs by having staff handle everything themselves.

But then I paused and realized that might have been a bit narrow-minded.

I suddenly remembered something from last year — at the exact same place, a male plumber had to come into the women’s locker room to fix a similar problem. I remember feeling uncomfortable at the time, especially since there was no prior notice.

That’s when my perspective shifted.

Sometimes “AI + do-it-all staff” isn’t really about efficiency — it’s about working within real-world constraints. In some situations, there simply aren’t better options.

That said… after I finished swimming, the drain was still clogged.

AI is powerful, but in the end, some problems still need experienced hands to solve.

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[–] Amanda527@lemmy.world -4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yes, English is not my native language, AI helps me.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, AI doesn't help you get better at English if you just let it do the hard work.

You get better at English, or any language for that matter, by reading/listening/writing/speaking it.

English is not my main language, I know the struggle to get better, AI is not the answer.

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There are countless ways to use AI when writing a message ranging from the AI doing basically all of it to it just fixing minor mistakes. You have no clue how this person was actually using it, so perhaps give them the benefit of the doubt instead of reflexively opposing it just because an AI was involved.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 days ago

There are not countless ways to use AI when writing, there are three ways.

Use AI to quickly research spellings and grammar, but write the text yourself.
Write the text in English and have the AI correct the grammar and spellings
Write the text in your native language and have AI translate it all.

To me the post read as if OP used the second or possibly the third method above, meaning that she didn't fix the grammar and spelling herself, missing out on a learning opportunity.

I am not against using AI as an assistant as described in point 1 above, but the other two replaces too much of the personality of the text and takes away too much learning from OP.

She is obviously free to use whatever method she prefers, my only comment was that using method 2 or 3 doesn't really help her learning English.

Though to be fair, she may have meant that she used AI to help her communicate better in English, and doesn't care too much about a learning opportunity, that is obviously also perfectly fine, it is her choice after all.

@OP I am sorry if I came off as brash and pedantic, I am anti AI, I make no secret about it, as long as you realize that you will learn more from your mistakes than from an AI correcting them automatically, then please use whatever tool you want.

I apologize if I made you put off from using the Feddiverse with my comment.

[–] coalie@piefed.zip 5 points 4 days ago

Use a translate app. Much better.

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

That makes perfect sense, thanks for confirming!