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criley2 5 hours ago

Sure, phones aren't directly doing the scamming, but they're supercharging the ability to do so.

Phones are also a very popular mechanism for scamming businesses. It's tough to pull off CEO scams without text and calls.

Therefore, phones are bad?

This is of course before we talk about what criminals do with money, making money truly evil.

only-one1701 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Without phones, we couldn’t talk to people across great distances (oversimplification but you get it).

Without Generative AI, we couldn’t…?

shepherdjerred 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you really implying that generative AI doesn't enable things that were not previously possible?

Larrikin 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's actually a fair question. There are software projects I wouldn't have taken on without an LLM. Not because I couldn't make it. But because of the time needed to create it.

I could have taken the time to do the math to figure out what the rewards structure is for my Wawa points and compare it to my car's fuel tank to discover I should strictly buy sandwiches and never gas.

People have been making nude celebrity photos for decades now with just Photoshop.

Some activities have gotten a speed up. But so far it was all possible before just possibly not feasible.

jamiek88 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Name some then! I initially scoffed too but I can only think of stuff LLM’s make easier not things that were impossible previously.

pixl97 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Isn't that the vast majority of products? By making things easier they change the scale it is accomplished at? Farming wasn't previously impossible before the tractor.

People seemingly have some very odd views on products when it comes to AI.

freejazz 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> were not previously possible?

How obtuse. The poster is saying they don't enable anything of value.

solid_fuel 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can you name one thing generative AI enables that wasn't previously possible?

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pixl97 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Can you name one thing a plow enables that wasn't previously possible?

This line of thinking is ridiculous.

queenkjuul 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

For the most part, it hasn't. What do you consider previously impossible, and how is it good for the world?

JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Therefore, phones are bad?

Phones are utilities. AI companies are not.