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I’m glad you let him send his message. AI is the future whether you like it or not. Teaching him to use that tool effectively will serve him far better than s

by mulmen 1y ago

I’m glad you let him send his message. AI is the future whether you like it or not. Teaching him to use that tool effectively will serve him far better than shaming him for engaging the world in a way you find uncomfortable but is acceptable to society. Consider if you would prefer he write the letter by hand to give the script that literal human touch. If not why is it ok for the computer to make the letters but not the words? In this case the meaningful gesture is sending the message at all. He asked the AI to do a thing. That was his idea. AI just did the boring work of making it palatable to humans. Much like driving and everything else automation takes away writing is something most people are profoundly bad at. Nothing is lost when an AI generates a message a human requested.

metalman 1y ago
AI is creating a now, that is dull, productive, borring, predictable, profiable, and alluring in a smug snide gotcha kinda way. Which would be fine, except that it is doomed to be self referential and will force a universal adoption, rendering the whole thing a fancy spambot that consumes 25% of the worlds energy budget. And the statement "like it or not" keeps some very uggly company in it's assosiations. clumsily written by someine with a phone useing one finger, and zero reconsideration or evaluation of whatever it is I just wrote hope you like it:)
AaronAPU 1y ago
The meaningful gesture isn’t clicking a button and pressing send. The meaningful gesture is taking time out of your day where you are focused and authentically thinking about the person and expressing those positive thoughts as they come with your own words. It is a very sad and cynical view to equate these very different things.
- swat535 1y ago
  I'm a bit conflicted here.. I think we're mixing up the tool with the _intent_ behind it. To me, this feels less like outsourcing creativity and more like using a writing assistant to shape your thoughts. Kind of like how we all rely on spellcheck or Grammarly now without thinking twice. People were saying the same thing back then too, that tools were "diluting" writing. I personally don't see the harm. Not everyone is a native English speaker.
- mulmen 1y ago
  He’s a kid. He decided to do what he thought was a nice thing that doesn’t hurt anyone. Take the W.

by mulmen 1y ago

metalman 1y ago

AI is creating a now, that is dull, productive, borring, predictable, profiable, and alluring in a smug snide gotcha kinda way. Which would be fine, except that it is doomed to be self referential and will force a universal adoption, rendering the whole thing a fancy spambot that consumes 25% of the worlds energy budget. And the statement "like it or not" keeps some very uggly company in it's assosiations. clumsily written by someine with a phone useing one finger, and zero reconsideration or evaluation of whatever it is I just wrote hope you like it:)

AaronAPU 1y ago

The meaningful gesture isn’t clicking a button and pressing send. The meaningful gesture is taking time out of your day where you are focused and authentically thinking about the person and expressing those positive thoughts as they come with your own words. It is a very sad and cynical view to equate these very different things.

swat535 1y ago
I'm a bit conflicted here.. I think we're mixing up the tool with the _intent_ behind it. To me, this feels less like outsourcing creativity and more like using a writing assistant to shape your thoughts. Kind of like how we all rely on spellcheck or Grammarly now without thinking twice. People were saying the same thing back then too, that tools were "diluting" writing. I personally don't see the harm. Not everyone is a native English speaker.
mulmen 1y ago
He’s a kid. He decided to do what he thought was a nice thing that doesn’t hurt anyone. Take the W.