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Rebecca Watson on why AI is different (and more pernicious) than other tools (www.youtube.com)
submitted 19 hours ago by Balerion6@lemmy.world to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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I thought this was a pretty good video. Frankly, I disagree with what a lot of people in anti-AI communities say about the superiority of doing things the hard way. I don't think there's anything wrong with the easy way if it gets you the same result, and I don't think we've lost anything meaningful just because, say, the average person no longer has any phone numbers memorized. I think technology making life easier is a good thing.

But, as Rebecca Watson points out, so-called AI doesn't just replace things like rote memorization. It replaces thinking. That's dangerous, and therein lies the difference between AI and other tools.

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[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

No one knows the exact effects yet, because obviously there aren't any long term large scale studies. As much as I dislike AI some of these claims are very misleading, though they might turn out to be true. This is all speculation. We simply don't know yet.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

But I recommend that you be careful so as not to drown in an avalanche later.

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I 100℅ agree. I just don't like being misleading, even if the statement lines up with my own views.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I understand you here, there's nothing to say. :3