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So what's so bad about using AI any way? [View all] werdna Sunday OP

A.i is here to stay Matthew28 Sunday #1

I completely agree. cayugafalls Sunday #3

AI would be easy to stop Fiendish Thingy Sunday #15

Sure, that will happen. Srkdqltr Sunday #45

Communities are rising up across the nation in nonpartisan opposition to data centers Fiendish Thingy Sunday #47

Post removed Post removed Sunday #51

The headlines say Elon wants to put the data centers in space, at our expense, and for his profit. Intractable Sunday #54

Where would the electricity come from? JustABozoOnThisBus Sunday #64

I don't want to side with Elon here, but your concerns don't seem realistic. Intractable Sunday #65

Or unending wars. Boomerproud Sunday #18

Using AI requires unquestioning trust and a suspension of critical thinking. Fiendish Thingy Sunday #16

Have you ever actually used AI? Llewlladdwr Sunday #53

Your experience of the utility of AI is comparable to the utility of Macro commands, data merges and scripts Fiendish Thingy Sunday #56

Automobile culture is still destroying the natural world as we knew it... hunter Sunday #49

Agree. MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #57

I wrote a paper 35 years ago called the Technology Rock... cayugafalls Sunday #2

This 👆 Roy Rolling Sunday #8

Currently blubunyip Sunday #44

We, the people, are always at risk. cayugafalls Yesterday #70

the problem with AI is separating fact from fiction and knowing what is real vs fake msongs Sunday #4

That's not an AI probem ThreeNoSeep Sunday #6

It's an AI problem because generative AI hallucinates and is a pretense of intelligence, a fancy autocomplete highplainsdem Sunday #24

This! SheltieLover Sunday #61

All of the GNP is data centers. Blue Full Moon Sunday #5

Interesting theme DFW Sunday #7

never used it, and feel no attraction to do so ShepKat Sunday #9

Hate to break this to you... Llewlladdwr Sunday #55

well aware, thanks :) ShepKat Sunday #66

Thank you! I saw an interview with a former AI developer Scrivener7 Sunday #10

"I read about an AI agent which bought itself a robot so it could interact in the physical world" Polybius Sunday #12

You think? How about the experiment they did a couple of months ago where they Scrivener7 Sunday #20

"I'm Sorry Dave, I'm Afraid I Can't Do That" PatSeg Sunday #28

Ah. Skynet. orthoclad Sunday #27

I'm reminded of a certain AI that was placed in an miniature car sakabatou Sunday #29

Reminds me of the Bruce Willis/Rosamund Pike flick, "Surrogates" MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #60

I think DU is much more anti-AI then the general population Polybius Sunday #11

I guess you've missed the recent news stories about how much younger people dislike genAI. highplainsdem Sunday #21

I've encountered fierce opposition to AI PatSeg Sunday #32

My 40 year old loves it. He has lots of fun with it. LeftInTX Sunday #38

Gen Z does not generally favor AI GenThePerservering Sunday #40

From Futurism today: Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers highplainsdem Sunday #42

I'm not as sure about that. BannonsLiver Sunday #62

After you work all day talking to an algorithm, will it still remember to pick up milk? Emile Sunday #13

AI destroys critical thinking and makes the whole world dumber and more pliable for the oligarchs. Nt Fiendish Thingy Sunday #14

And the data centers are accellerating the destruction Bettie Sunday #17

Any true artist can tell you misanthrope Sunday #48

Bookmarking! Drum Sunday #19

Re DUers posting and sometimes creating AI images - it makes DU look much less liberal than it should highplainsdem Sunday #22

STOLEN intellectual property orthoclad Sunday #26

Btw, thanks for posting those links, werdna! Important info there. highplainsdem Sunday #23

You're welcome! n/t werdna Sunday #39

AI wastes huge amounts of electricity and water orthoclad Sunday #25

Nah Cosmocat Sunday #30

There is evidence that AI killed those Iranian schoolgirls. orthoclad Sunday #31

I've been waiting for this sort of story. First thing I thought when I heard about the school bombing. nt LAS14 Sunday #59

Well, as I said in another post, orthoclad Sunday #63

Oh, for sure. The responsibility lies with whoever authorized the use of AI, if anyone did. nt LAS14 Sunday #67

There was definitely a human behind the missile - orthoclad Sunday #69

Whether it'll be good or bad is for the future. 3825-87867 Sunday #33

I have found AI to be an efficient and effective tool anciano Sunday #34

The world is not ready for AI Smilo Sunday #35

The dangers far outweigh the benefits Ponietz Sunday #36

AI is a tool, for now. Someday, we might need to shut it off. louis-t Sunday #37

Some day all those people who need AI GenThePerservering Sunday #41

Thank you all - werdna Sunday #43

Are we cool with those now in control of AI? blubunyip Sunday #46

The printing press will be the END of civilization!!! WarGamer Sunday #50

Keep feeding disinformation to AI bucolic_frolic Sunday #52

How can you tell when an image is AI generated? nt LAS14 Sunday #58

We still need to know how to think. hamsterjill Sunday #68