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> Without this, there would be no creativity, no craftsmanship, no art. Is it not also important to enrich oneself with hobbies and side-projects? Further, ther

> Without this, there would be no creativity, no craftsmanship, no art. Is it not also important to enrich oneself with hobbies and side-projects? Further, there is no authority who can make the judgement call on what is "worthwhile" to spend time on and what is not. It's not binary. There is nothing wrong with mindless diversions, but there is a healthy proportion of them. And when it becomes pathological (i.e. when AI allows spending a disproportionate amount of time on them), then it's a serious problem.

kachapopopow 1y ago
AI is a tool that has to be learned and the research is compeletely flawed in my opinion. For me AI is a sort of a colleague that is always there on demand which helps me see projects to the finish (this is really the fault either a variant of adhd or some other disorder). I don't know if it's healthy seeing AI this way, but I know for sure that I wouldn't have come close to the amount of progress I've made on projects that I have been pushing off for years. (replied to the wrong thread, but oh well)
- vouaobrasil 1y ago
  > but I know for sure that I wouldn't have come close to the amount of progress I've made on projects that I have been pushing off for years. Of course, at its inception, AI will mainly be seen as something that can help improve efficiency. Same with the smartphone: it was an entire optional tool that was mainly beneficial. But after this initial inception, technology tends to grow, and now smartphones for example are often mandatory due to 2FA, or at least difficult to avoid. And they constantly find new ways to bother people. So for now, AI can be helpful for some, but it will grow, become more entrenched and insidious, and in lots of cases entirely replace people or at least be annoying and difficult to get rid of. It doesn't make sense to argue for AI by stating its benefits in its nascent stages. Babies are all basically innocent creatures that bring emotional benefits but some can grow up to be killers, and this is what will happen with AI.
  - kachapopopow 1y ago
    Well I kinda do agree with that, it feels like using not getting the hang of AI will leave you behind because AI in 10 years will be so much better - to a point we can't even estimate right now. But I think AI will make life a lot better and will actually help solve inequality since providing quality development during early years and help support children after the first few years of becoming independent (I still consider people children until around 21 to 25 years old). AI will help close the gap between the people who were privilidged and given the environment to learn versus those who didn't. However, beyond that I have absolutely no idea what will happen because I had a friend sending me porn that grok generated (the moderation is a joke). AI girlfriends will definitely be a thing and a lot of people will use those services, but I can't really wrap my head around what that entails for the future.

kachapopopow 1y ago

AI is a tool that has to be learned and the research is compeletely flawed in my opinion. For me AI is a sort of a colleague that is always there on demand which helps me see projects to the finish (this is really the fault either a variant of adhd or some other disorder). I don't know if it's healthy seeing AI this way, but I know for sure that I wouldn't have come close to the amount of progress I've made on projects that I have been pushing off for years. (replied to the wrong thread, but oh well)

vouaobrasil 1y ago
> but I know for sure that I wouldn't have come close to the amount of progress I've made on projects that I have been pushing off for years. Of course, at its inception, AI will mainly be seen as something that can help improve efficiency. Same with the smartphone: it was an entire optional tool that was mainly beneficial. But after this initial inception, technology tends to grow, and now smartphones for example are often mandatory due to 2FA, or at least difficult to avoid. And they constantly find new ways to bother people. So for now, AI can be helpful for some, but it will grow, become more entrenched and insidious, and in lots of cases entirely replace people or at least be annoying and difficult to get rid of. It doesn't make sense to argue for AI by stating its benefits in its nascent stages. Babies are all basically innocent creatures that bring emotional benefits but some can grow up to be killers, and this is what will happen with AI.
- kachapopopow 1y ago
  Well I kinda do agree with that, it feels like using not getting the hang of AI will leave you behind because AI in 10 years will be so much better - to a point we can't even estimate right now. But I think AI will make life a lot better and will actually help solve inequality since providing quality development during early years and help support children after the first few years of becoming independent (I still consider people children until around 21 to 25 years old). AI will help close the gap between the people who were privilidged and given the environment to learn versus those who didn't. However, beyond that I have absolutely no idea what will happen because I had a friend sending me porn that grok generated (the moderation is a joke). AI girlfriends will definitely be a thing and a lot of people will use those services, but I can't really wrap my head around what that entails for the future.