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Speaking just for myself: I hate AI output. I hate it in code, I hate it in prose. It's just off in ways that range from subtle to absolutely blatant. It's

Speaking just for myself: I hate AI output. I hate it in code, I hate it in prose. It's just off in ways that range from subtle to absolutely blatant. It's wrong in ways that the humans involved (if any) either can't or don't fix. I hate the carelessness of other peoples' time and attention. No, I have no interest in what your AI "thinks" in response to your prompt. If that's what you're doing, just send me the prompt, not the AI output. And I hate the AI companies, not so much because AI is solely in the hands of a few companies, but because they're trying to make it appear so inevitable and once-in-a-lifetime-get-on-it-now-or-be-left-behind-forever that everyone is losing their minds and chasing it like lemmings. I'm against all of it. I actually care about people. Computers are tools; that's all. When the tools make it harder to connect with other humans in a human way, when the contact turns into this weird unnatural garbage where I can't hear the heart of the person on the other side, then computers are bad tools that need to stop being used. (Yes, you could have "corporate speak" that had the same problems, but at least that came at the speed that humans can type. AI lets it flow far faster, fast enough that it drowns out actual human communication. That's a huge loss.)

potsandpans 5mo ago
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- kevin948 5mo ago
  No need to be so dismissively pathological. If you disagree, that's one thing, but this reads as 'look at this sad, crazy fool' when this is a pretty understandable reaction to feeling alienated by the way in which LLMs are being forcefully pushed in both personal and professional domains and the oft ensuing breakdown in human to human communication. 'Who does this technology serve?' is a valid question and 'not us' is a valid answer. Sure, the poster's feelings may stem from a 'wider set of technology/tooling', but that doesn't necessarily take from the point. People are sensing that LLM technology is being used as an accelerant for further alienation, whether attributed perfectly to the specific technology or not.
  - potsandpans 5mo ago
    I accept that the poster may be feeling these things, and I'm not interested in or making a value judgement around them. All feelings are valid. Instead, I'm pointing out that it's an extreme overreaction and histrionic viewpoint that is shared by a lot growing number of people, who have been living in this same world for the last 10 years. Now we've got generative AI all the sudden it's "I hate I hate I hate I hate I hate I hate, I'm against all of it" In every fucking thread. It seems like the only thing we can talk about is how cool this technology is and how much a growing number of vocal people really don't like it. "Not liking ai" is becoming a demographic of people that are just as annoying as the people that want to shove llms down your throat. Imagine trying to have a rational conversation where someone up top has declared their absolutist position with 7 declarations of hate How uninteresting: welcome to hackernews. You can't talk about the class struggle, and you lose the ability to vouch for things for trying to keep reporting of fascist downslide in the west unflagged. But you can post screeds against a technology on a technology forum and people just fucking looovvee it.
    - sambapa 5mo ago
      What's the problem of not liking shit when it is shoved down your throat? It is not an extreme overreaction, it is a reaction, so maybe this technology is just really bad?
      - potsandpans 5mo ago
        The problem is that it bleeds over into every community with overzealous assholes. "Here's a thing I made", followed by a witch hunt of ai accusations and morally superior self righteous bullshit. Theres this kind of old joke, "how do you know who's a vegan in the group? Dont worry, they'll let you know." There's nothing wrong about not liking something. Just shut the fuck up about it a little bit.
sinigang 5mo ago
I feel the same. You're not alone.
redwall_hp 5mo ago
With personal computing, we were promised a bicycle for the mind. Instead, we have panopticon, attempts to eliminate the professional class and bullshit accelerators to help the lazy and careless slide by and create more aggravating work for the people who care.

potsandpans 5mo ago

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kevin948 5mo ago
No need to be so dismissively pathological. If you disagree, that's one thing, but this reads as 'look at this sad, crazy fool' when this is a pretty understandable reaction to feeling alienated by the way in which LLMs are being forcefully pushed in both personal and professional domains and the oft ensuing breakdown in human to human communication. 'Who does this technology serve?' is a valid question and 'not us' is a valid answer. Sure, the poster's feelings may stem from a 'wider set of technology/tooling', but that doesn't necessarily take from the point. People are sensing that LLM technology is being used as an accelerant for further alienation, whether attributed perfectly to the specific technology or not.
- potsandpans 5mo ago
  I accept that the poster may be feeling these things, and I'm not interested in or making a value judgement around them. All feelings are valid. Instead, I'm pointing out that it's an extreme overreaction and histrionic viewpoint that is shared by a lot growing number of people, who have been living in this same world for the last 10 years. Now we've got generative AI all the sudden it's "I hate I hate I hate I hate I hate I hate, I'm against all of it" In every fucking thread. It seems like the only thing we can talk about is how cool this technology is and how much a growing number of vocal people really don't like it. "Not liking ai" is becoming a demographic of people that are just as annoying as the people that want to shove llms down your throat. Imagine trying to have a rational conversation where someone up top has declared their absolutist position with 7 declarations of hate How uninteresting: welcome to hackernews. You can't talk about the class struggle, and you lose the ability to vouch for things for trying to keep reporting of fascist downslide in the west unflagged. But you can post screeds against a technology on a technology forum and people just fucking looovvee it.
  - sambapa 5mo ago
    What's the problem of not liking shit when it is shoved down your throat? It is not an extreme overreaction, it is a reaction, so maybe this technology is just really bad?
    - potsandpans 5mo ago
      The problem is that it bleeds over into every community with overzealous assholes. "Here's a thing I made", followed by a witch hunt of ai accusations and morally superior self righteous bullshit. Theres this kind of old joke, "how do you know who's a vegan in the group? Dont worry, they'll let you know." There's nothing wrong about not liking something. Just shut the fuck up about it a little bit.

sinigang 5mo ago

I feel the same. You're not alone.

redwall_hp 5mo ago

With personal computing, we were promised a bicycle for the mind. Instead, we have panopticon, attempts to eliminate the professional class and bullshit accelerators to help the lazy and careless slide by and create more aggravating work for the people who care.