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It seems weird to be "pro-AI" or "anti-AI" in general. It's a tool. It's like saying construction workers are pro-hammer

• i000 4mo ago
  Weirdly common I would say. US dockworkers / longshoremen are anti-automation big time. https://ilaunion.org/the-ilas-fight-against-automation-preserving-jobs-securing-national-security-and-defending-the-future-of-work/ https://ilaunion.org/the-ilas-fight-against-automation-prese... The lack of productivity-growth in construction is also telling that this industry as a whole may be a bit too pro-hammer and anti-innovation https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/why-has-productivity-in-the-us-construction-industry-stagnated https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/why-has-produ...
  • dag100 4mo ago
    People would be more pro-automation if it didn't entail losing their livelihoods and ability to access food and shelter.
    • i000 4mo ago
      That is my point people are pro-AI / anti-AI and pro-automation / anti-automation, there is nothing weird about it.
• eks391 4mo ago
  People definitely have preferences of tools. For your construction analogy, I'm anti hammer. I prefer screws in almost every instance where a nail could be used, and hammers aren't the right tool for screws. Hammers suck. Back to AI, it's a tool, and you can definitely be for or against it. Someone against AI might prefer other tools, like a canvas, camera, word doc, or visual studio (depending on the application they could be using the AI tool for)
  • fxd123 4mo ago
    > have preferences Yes, but that's different than saying "I hate hammers, so I don't want OTHER people to use hammers"
• trumpdong 4mo ago
  You can be pro- or anti- nail gun. I'd expect carpenters are pro-nail-gun when working professionally, but good ones avoid nail guns in at least some of their own projects, so they can stay in touch with the underlying physics.