I’m sure it’s a lot of things. The bottom line, though, is that the fruit is too sweet. And so you get a dynamic very similar to veganism, climate change, health-conscious eating, anti-smoking, etc., where people want to behold their fruits without feeling like they’re villains for it—criticism of smoking is to criticise a person for smoking as well, you see? It becomes like a moral failing of their character. It’s just insecurity.
Bitcoin didn’t really catch on because, besides money laundering schemes, it doesn’t really have a purpose. But AI has lots of purposes. It eases the burden of writing, it can do your homework for you, it’s a better search engine because google sabotaged their own, it can generate DnD assets for “free”—and lastly, this is a really big one, it fills an emotional niche in lonely people.
I can’t promise that in a world where people didn’t live their whole lives in suburban houses, in small bedrooms, on their computer all day with remarkably few friends, that people wouldn’t take to gen AI as much as they do, but it’s certainly not helping.
I dunno man. That’s a deep dive. I’m not talking to it like it’s my girlfriend, sometimes I need to make a PowerPoint and there’s an image that I think would convey a point. I lack the artistic skills to produce it so I use an Ai help every once and awhile. I’m not convinced I’m as terrible and lonely a person as you make me out to be but I’ll ask my psychiatrist about it just in case.
sometimes I need to make a PowerPoint and there’s an image that I think would convey a point.
Don’t worry, we’re all here to help you out.
You can use GIMP to put images on top of one another.
You can draw stick figures and other “shorthands” for objects.
There’s this video here that can show you other tools for illustration rather than using AI.
It’s also a good idea to get into a type of drawing, where instead of detailed illustration, it deals with visualizations such as maps, graphs, and flowcharts. You might want to practice that.
Also, you might just find an image that is pre-generated by some douchebag and ends up in your search results. The main thing you don’t want to do is generate any new material.
I wasn’t worried. I would need to share Lemmy’s glaring hatred for AI to be motivated to invest that sort of time commitment. At my current state of bland boredom, I’m not there. Maybe if it takes my job or fucks my wife I’ll get back to you, but I’m not big into fear.
Any tool can be a weapon, any tool can be misused, AI is just another tool. It’s not a cancer and its not a religion.
The idea that a robot which pretends to be your friend might satiate some people’s desire to have a friend is not that deep a cut. It’s barely even interesting.
I’m sure it’s a lot of things. The bottom line, though, is that the fruit is too sweet. And so you get a dynamic very similar to veganism, climate change, health-conscious eating, anti-smoking, etc., where people want to behold their fruits without feeling like they’re villains for it—criticism of smoking is to criticise a person for smoking as well, you see? It becomes like a moral failing of their character. It’s just insecurity.
Bitcoin didn’t really catch on because, besides money laundering schemes, it doesn’t really have a purpose. But AI has lots of purposes. It eases the burden of writing, it can do your homework for you, it’s a better search engine because google sabotaged their own, it can generate DnD assets for “free”—and lastly, this is a really big one, it fills an emotional niche in lonely people.
I can’t promise that in a world where people didn’t live their whole lives in suburban houses, in small bedrooms, on their computer all day with remarkably few friends, that people wouldn’t take to gen AI as much as they do, but it’s certainly not helping.
Suburban households and their culture have been a disaster for the human race.
I dunno man. That’s a deep dive. I’m not talking to it like it’s my girlfriend, sometimes I need to make a PowerPoint and there’s an image that I think would convey a point. I lack the artistic skills to produce it so I use an Ai help every once and awhile. I’m not convinced I’m as terrible and lonely a person as you make me out to be but I’ll ask my psychiatrist about it just in case.
Don’t worry, we’re all here to help you out.
Also, you might just find an image that is pre-generated by some douchebag and ends up in your search results. The main thing you don’t want to do is generate any new material.
I wasn’t worried. I would need to share Lemmy’s glaring hatred for AI to be motivated to invest that sort of time commitment. At my current state of bland boredom, I’m not there. Maybe if it takes my job or fucks my wife I’ll get back to you, but I’m not big into fear. Any tool can be a weapon, any tool can be misused, AI is just another tool. It’s not a cancer and its not a religion.
And yet some people do.
The idea that a robot which pretends to be your friend might satiate some people’s desire to have a friend is not that deep a cut. It’s barely even interesting.