AI

[njligernj]

AI is great.
The image stuff is of course meh, but glorious for strategic wummery in the Moyes thread.

You understand there are people who despise “wummery” and think it’s one of the (unfortunately many) things that has brain rotted people and ruins our ability to talk on the internet? Your first use case is something many of us hate and which results in us using social sites less often. And you’re saying it’s now much easier for you to do the thing we hate and keeps us off socials? Cool! Won’t be long now before you won’t have to talk to a single other real person which I imagine will be a real relief for you. Can just wind up robots all day. The dream of the future!

It’s disturbing to me how many Google phone commercials (almost all of them) suggest the biggest problem with people’s phones is when they take a picture it reflects reality. So they talk about how you can edit in the friend who wasn’t there or the dog who wouldn’t stay still. Because the reason people want photos is to remember that time a thing did not happen. A picture is now worth one word and that word is spelled wrong and probably a slur.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

When I was a planning officer in South London (about 10 years ago) I actually granted permission for something that would have not looked out of place in that compilation. It actually got built too.

Prettier than your average conservatory

 

[Bedfordblue]

You understand there are people who despise “wummery” and think it’s one of the (unfortunately many) things that has brain rotted people and ruins our ability to talk on the internet? Your first use case is something many of us hate and which results in us using social sites less often. And you’re saying it’s now much easier for you to do the thing we hate and keeps us off socials? Cool! Won’t be long now before you won’t have to talk to a single other real person which I imagine will be a real relief for you. Can just wind up robots all day. The dream of the future!

Blimey, that comes across incredibly self-righteous and more than a bit pompous.
If you genuinely can’t stand how people communicate online now, maybe you’d be happier in a more serious, tightly moderated forum where that tone fits better. Or failing that there’s always the ignore feature, it exists for exactly this reason.
Not everything on the internet has to be tailored to your personal taste.
Complaining about memes and “wummery” like they’re the downfall of civilisation feels a bit like someone in the 1800s losing their mind over political cartoons corrupting society. People joke, people post daft images it’s not new it’s just evolved.
If it’s not your thing, fine, but presenting your personal dislike as some grand diagnosis of everyone else’s “brain rot” just comes off as pompous and a bit out of touch.
The internet hasn’t declined to meet your standards, you’ve just mistaken your preferences for everyone else’s problem.

 

[Walken]

Personally I find it gross and think eventually we will wish we hadn't invented it, that's largely because it's in the wrong hands.

Thought this was a very decent and even handed video on the subject.

 

[coollino]

Personally I find it gross and think eventually we will wish we hadn't invented it, that's largely because it's in the wrong hands.

Thought this was a very decent and even handed video on the subject.

It's validating people who were once confined to 8chan

 

[Rita_Poon]

Michael Schumacher: Family of seven-time F1 champion wins compensation for AI 'interview'

Michael Schumacher's family is awarded 200,000 euros (£170,212) compensation from the publishers of a magazine which printed an artificial intelligence-generated 'interview' with the former Formula 1 driver.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Swartzy]

You understand there are people who despise “wummery” and think it’s one of the (unfortunately many) things that has brain rotted people and ruins our ability to talk on the internet? Your first use case is something many of us hate and which results in us using social sites less often. And you’re saying it’s now much easier for you to do the thing we hate and keeps us off socials? Cool! Won’t be long now before you won’t have to talk to a single other real person which I imagine will be a real relief for you. Can just wind up robots all day. The dream of the future!

It’s disturbing to me how many Google phone commercials (almost all of them) suggest the biggest problem with people’s phones is when they take a picture it reflects reality. So they talk about how you can edit in the friend who wasn’t there or the dog who wouldn’t stay still. Because the reason people want photos is to remember that time a thing did not happen. A picture is now worth one word and that word is spelled wrong and probably a slur.

That is one scary read mate..

And no, I don't do that freaky photo thing you mentioned..

 

[coollino]

Blimey, that comes across incredibly self-righteous and more than a bit pompous.
If you genuinely can’t stand how people communicate online now, maybe you’d be happier in a more serious, tightly moderated forum where that tone fits better. Or failing that there’s always the ignore feature, it exists for exactly this reason.
Not everything on the internet has to be tailored to your personal taste.
Complaining about memes and “wummery” like they’re the downfall of civilisation feels a bit like someone in the 1800s losing their mind over political cartoons corrupting society. People joke, people post daft images it’s not new it’s just evolved.
If it’s not your thing, fine, but presenting your personal dislike as some grand diagnosis of everyone else’s “brain rot” just comes off as pompous and a bit out of touch.
The internet hasn’t declined to meet your standards, you’ve just mistaken your preferences for everyone else’s problem.

Using AI on a forum is really sad

 

[Cels]

You understand there are people who despise “wummery” and think it’s one of the (unfortunately many) things that has brain rotted people and ruins our ability to talk on the internet? Your first use case is something many of us hate and which results in us using social sites less often. And you’re saying it’s now much easier for you to do the thing we hate and keeps us off socials? Cool! Won’t be long now before you won’t have to talk to a single other real person which I imagine will be a real relief for you. Can just wind up robots all day. The dream of the future!

It’s disturbing to me how many Google phone commercials (almost all of them) suggest the biggest problem with people’s phones is when they take a picture it reflects reality. So they talk about how you can edit in the friend who wasn’t there or the dog who wouldn’t stay still. Because the reason people want photos is to remember that time a thing did not happen. A picture is now worth one word and that word is spelled wrong and probably a slur.

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[SerenityNigh]

Anyone else hate it?

I think it can become useful but at the moment it’s not very good. It’s merely a plaything of incels and venture capitalists (and the US President).

For me, someone with little credibility on the matter and a confessed Luddite, I have simple rules for AI:

1) Don’t use it to create anything that you couldn’t create without AI
2) unless what you are creating has $0 value
3) some exceptions for aiding disabled people, etc
4) Never, ever harm others with AI

I think if you follow those guidelines you’ll probably be ok.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I think it can become useful but at the moment it’s not very good. It’s merely a plaything of incels and venture capitalists (and the US President).

For me, someone with little credibility on the matter and a confessed Luddite, I have simple rules for AI:

1) Don’t use it to create anything that you couldn’t create without AI
2) unless what you are creating has $0 value
3) some exceptions for aiding disabled people, etc
4) Never, ever harm others with AI

I think if you follow those guidelines you’ll probably be ok.

Aimee Lou Wood got an apology from SNL, no ai was used. The amateur paint brigade have been mocking up awful pics for years in the name of taking the pish. Where is a little humour overlapping with harm or worse?

 

[SerenityNigh]

Aimee Lou Wood got an apology from SNL, no ai was used. The amateur paint brigade have been mocking up awful pics for years in the name of taking the pish. Where is a little humour overlapping with harm or worse?

I'm thinking of using AI to kill people by botching surgeries, using AI to target Iranian schools with American bombs, that sort of thing. Libel and slander laws already exist in most places, so I think it's probably covered, but at the same time life moves more quickly than it used to.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I'm thinking of using AI to kill people by botching surgeries, using AI to target Iranian schools with American bombs, that sort of thing. Libel and slander laws already exist in most places, so I think it's probably covered, but at the same time life moves more quickly than it used to.

well, here's me now glad of being at the back of the queue. :/

 

[SerenityNigh]

well, here's me now glad of being at the back of the queue. :/

I know that fits with my rule #1, and at some point you have to trust the wizardry of the medical professionals (especially when you are under anesthesia and have already signed away your rights), but some people are too confident in themselves and too eager to use AI in high risk situations. AI has proven itself perfectly capable in some situations (I can watch airplane autoland videos for far too long, complex autopilot in aircraft is very useful AI IMO, although it's beards old and in use well before the common name), but as for me I'm a 1 of 1 model and would rather not be accidentally deleted from the earth.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I know that fits with my rule #1, and at some point you have to trust the wizardry of the medical professionals (especially when you are under anesthesia and have already signed away your rights), but some people are too confident in themselves and too eager to use AI in high risk situations. AI has proven itself perfectly capable in some situations (I can watch airplane autoland videos for far too long, complex autopilot in aircraft is very useful AI IMO, although it's beards old and in use well before the common name), but as for me I'm a 1 of 1 model and would rather not be accidentally deleted from the earth.

Can I buy some ale/weed/shrooms from you?